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Literature Quotes

I’ve always loved literature, and the best books I read were always trilogies Picture Quote #1

Despite your best efforts, you could not invent a better police force for literature than criticism and the author’s own conscience Picture Quote #1

For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness Picture Quote #1

There’s a history of English literature where the best boils to the top, and Jane Austen stands right at the top of that Picture Quote #1

You get below the Mason-Dixon line and you have some of the best music, culture, the two races, the literature, and it’s so rich Picture Quote #1

Literature can allow us to experience the best side of humankind, where instead of giving up, we struggle desperately in the ruins for love, connection and hope Picture Quote #1

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The reason literacy is important is that literature is the operating instructions. The best manual we have. The most useful guide to the country we’re visiting, life Picture Quote #1

I can see a day soon where you’ll create your own college degree by taking the best online courses from the best professors from around the world - some computing from Stanford, some entrepreneurship from Wharton, some ethics from Brandeis, some literature from Edinburgh - paying only the nominal fee for the certificates of completion Picture Quote #1

What I can say is that all my characters are searching for their souls, because they are my mirrors. I’m someone who is constantly trying to understand my place in the world, and literature is the best way that I found in order to see myself Picture Quote #1

Literature seems to offer lessons in human nature that help us decode the world around us and be better friends Picture Quote #1

Every game, and almost every life situation, has short cuts: ways you can get better without learning the entire literature of the game from beginning to end Picture Quote #1

In the ongoing celebration that is literature, we are asked to imagine ourselves as other selves, for better or worse Picture Quote #1

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Excessively narrow reading is unhelpful, certainly. Reading only Serious Literature is no better than reading only trash in this respect Picture Quote #1

In communist Russia, their major organ was Pravda, which means truth. The Russians knew how to read between the lines. They didn’t take their literature literally Picture Quote #1

The Bible is not just one book, but an entire library, with stories, songs, poetry, letters and history, as well as literature that might more obviously qualify as ‘religious.’ Picture Quote #1

For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave one’s literary education very incomplete Picture Quote #1

I’m a big believer in pairing classics with contemporary literature, so students have the opportunity to see that literature is not a cold, dead thing that happened once but instead a vibrant mode of storytelling that’s been with us a long time - and will be with us, I hope, for a long time to come Picture Quote #1

Size has nothing to do with literature. All legs are long enough to touch the ground, and all books are big enough to fill their covers Picture Quote #1

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When they were done downloading all the information off each hard drive, they took all the computers, all the literature, and loaded everything into a big white truck and left Picture Quote #1

The methodologies of examining hip hop are borrowed from sociology, politics, religion, economics, urban studies, journalism, communications theory, American studies, transatlantic studies, black studies, history, musicology, comparative literature, English, linguistics, and other disciplines Picture Quote #1

When I started, I was aware of using the black as a rhetorical device. It’s understanding that black people come in a wide range of colors, but you find instances in a lot of black literature in which the blackness is used as a metaphor Picture Quote #1

When we write about Auschwitz, we must know that Auschwitz, in a certain sense at least, suspended literature. One can only write a black novel about Auschwitz or - you should excuse the expression - a cheap serial, which begins in Auschwitz and is still not over Picture Quote #1

It’s like I’m stuck in a time bubble. Memories keep coming back, and of course, memories are a huge part of literature and cinema, from Stand by Me to Blade Runner Picture Quote #1

When I first began writing, and I told people what I wrote, I’d get a blank stare and sometimes a ‘Huh?’ They weren’t sure what young adult literature was. Now everyone knows Picture Quote #1

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The same is true of ranking him thus against any work of literature. [Bob Dylan] has been made, through no fault of his own, the object of odious tokenism Picture Quote #1

I’m not sure many writers are trying to reconcile all the things that are separated in our culture - body and mind, urban and pastoral, lyricism and hardboiled, men and women, joy and grief. I tried to do quite a lot, but I wanted to create a serious work of literature Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I want to have a mental book burning that would scour my mind clean of all the filthy visions literature has conjured there. But how to do without ‘The Illiad?’ How to do without ‘Macbeth? Picture Quote #1

One of the convenient things about literature is that, despite copyrights [...] a book belongs to the reader as well as to the writer Picture Quote #1

There is a tradition that sees journalism as the dark side of literature, with book writing at its zenith. I don’t agree. I think that all written work constitutes literature, even graffiti Picture Quote #1

Before I was published, I thought men read car manuals or books about football. But once I started having really serious conversations with male lovers of literature, I let go of that prejudice Picture Quote #1

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I’ve always loved literature, and the best books I read were always trilogies (Literature Quotes) Despite your best efforts, you could not invent a better police force for literature than criticism and the author’s own conscience. (Literature Quotes) For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness. (Literature Quotes) There’s a history of English literature where the best boils to the top, and Jane Austen stands right at the top of that. (Literature Quotes) You get below the Mason-Dixon line and you have some of the best music, culture, the two races, the literature, and it’s so rich. (Literature Quotes) Literature can allow us to experience the best side of humankind, where instead of giving up, we struggle desperately in the ruins for love, connection and hope. (Literature Quotes) The reason literacy is important is that literature is the operating instructions. The best manual we have. The most useful guide to the country we’re visiting, life. (Literature Quotes) I can see a day soon where you’ll create your own college degree by taking the best online courses from the best professors from around the world - some computing from Stanford, some entrepreneurship from Wharton, some ethics from Brandeis, some literature from Edinburgh - paying only the nominal fee for the certificates of completion. (Literature Quotes) What I can say is that all my characters are searching for their souls, because they are my mirrors. I’m someone who is constantly trying to understand my place in the world, and literature is the best way that I found in order to see myself. (Literature Quotes) Literature seems to offer lessons in human nature that help us decode the world around us and be better friends. (Literature Quotes) Every game, and almost every life situation, has short cuts: ways you can get better without learning the entire literature of the game from beginning to end. (Literature Quotes) In the ongoing celebration that is literature, we are asked to imagine ourselves as other selves, for better or worse. (Literature Quotes) Excessively narrow reading is unhelpful, certainly. Reading only Serious Literature is no better than reading only trash in this respect. (Literature Quotes) In communist Russia, their major organ was Pravda, which means truth. The Russians knew how to read between the lines. They didn’t take their literature literally. (Literature Quotes) The Bible is not just one book, but an entire library, with stories, songs, poetry, letters and history, as well as literature that might more obviously qualify as ‘religious.’ (Literature Quotes) For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave one’s literary education very incomplete. (Literature Quotes) I’m a big believer in pairing classics with contemporary literature, so students have the opportunity to see that literature is not a cold, dead thing that happened once but instead a vibrant mode of storytelling that’s been with us a long time - and will be with us, I hope, for a long time to come. (Literature Quotes) Size has nothing to do with literature. All legs are long enough to touch the ground, and all books are big enough to fill their covers. (Literature Quotes) When they were done downloading all the information off each hard drive, they took all the computers, all the literature, and loaded everything into a big white truck and left. (Literature Quotes) The methodologies of examining hip hop are borrowed from sociology, politics, religion, economics, urban studies, journalism, communications theory, American studies, transatlantic studies, black studies, history, musicology, comparative literature, English, linguistics, and other disciplines. (Literature Quotes) When I started, I was aware of using the black as a rhetorical device. It’s understanding that black people come in a wide range of colors, but you find instances in a lot of black literature in which the blackness is used as a metaphor. (Literature Quotes) When we write about Auschwitz, we must know that Auschwitz, in a certain sense at least, suspended literature. One can only write a black novel about Auschwitz or - you should excuse the expression - a cheap serial, which begins in Auschwitz and is still not over. (Literature Quotes) It’s like I’m stuck in a time bubble. Memories keep coming back, and of course, memories are a huge part of literature and cinema, from Stand by Me to Blade Runner. (Literature Quotes) When I first began writing, and I told people what I wrote, I’d get a blank stare and sometimes a ‘Huh?’ They weren’t sure what young adult literature was. Now everyone knows. (Literature Quotes) The same is true of ranking him thus against any work of literature. [Bob Dylan] has been made, through no fault of his own, the object of odious tokenism. (Literature Quotes) I’m not sure many writers are trying to reconcile all the things that are separated in our culture - body and mind, urban and pastoral, lyricism and hardboiled, men and women, joy and grief. I tried to do quite a lot, but I wanted to create a serious work of literature. (Literature Quotes) Sometimes I want to have a mental book burning that would scour my mind clean of all the filthy visions literature has conjured there. But how to do without ‘The Illiad?’ How to do without ‘Macbeth? (Literature Quotes) One of the convenient things about literature is that, despite copyrights [...] a book belongs to the reader as well as to the writer. (Literature Quotes) There is a tradition that sees journalism as the dark side of literature, with book writing at its zenith. I don’t agree. I think that all written work constitutes literature, even graffiti. (Literature Quotes) Before I was published, I thought men read car manuals or books about football. But once I started having really serious conversations with male lovers of literature, I let go of that prejudice. (Literature Quotes)

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