Literature Quotes

"Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar." "Literature is the magic carpet that flies us to the most wonderful places." "I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter" "Always be a poet, even in prose" "A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors" "In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates - and isolation brings its own reward" "I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity" "There is no friend as loyal as a book" "Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree." "Literature is news that stays news." "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." "There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired." "I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool." "The best books... are those that tell you what you know already." "The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe"