Literature Quotes

"The art of reading is to skip judiciously" "When you read a novel, your own imagery is formed" "I think every girl is looking for her Mr. Darcy" "The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing." "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me" "A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us" "Great writers are not those who tell us we must aspire, but those who plunge us into the depths of being." "In the beginning the Universe was created This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move" "I have a notebook that is filled to the brim with little screenplays and ideas and potential novels." "So many books, so little time" "A room without books is like a body without a soul" "No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader." "The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself" "Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth" "As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once."