Literature Quotes

"There's no such thing as a perfect book" "A town isn't a town without a bookstore" "You should never trust a storyteller; only trust the story" "I've only seen my mother cry once, and that was at the end of a book." "Let's be reasonable and add an eighth day to the week that is devoted exclusively to reading." "The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life." "The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary is that it be interesting." "All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town." "Books are the ultimate Dumpees put them down and they’ll wait for you forever pay attention to them and they always love you back" "I fell in love like you would fall asleep: slowly and then all at once" "The book is an oracle and a witness " "To make words sing, a poet must have music in his soul." "Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling" "I am he that walks with the tender and growing night" "I sing the body electric" "Writing is a struggle against silence." "Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own." "I don't trust books. They're all fact, no heart." "People are always far more interested in themselves than in anyone else. Your book will most probably interest them if it helps them see themselves in a new light" "Fiction has enabled us not merely to imagine things, but to do so collectively"