Quotes about Literature

The spiritual man in mythology, in literature and in the great world religions has an excess of life, he knows he has it, makes no apology for it, and finally recognizes that he does not even need to protect or guard it. It is not for him. It is for others. His life is not his own. His life is not about him. It is about God.

Those who walk the full and entire journey are considered "called" or "chosen" in the Bible, perhaps "fated" or "destined" in world mythology and literature, but always they are the ones who have heard some deep invitation to "something more," and set out to find it by both grace and daring.

Just the knowledge that a good book is waiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.

A writer's tragedy: to know all the words and nothing else.

Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great or original, must himself create the taste by which he is to be relished.

Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour:England hath need of thee: she is a fenOf stagnant waters.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge.

Just the knowledge that a good book is waiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.

I feel that books, just like people, have a destiny. Some invite sorrow, others joy, some both.

The only wealth I'm interested in is a wealth of words.

Even if I wrote on nothing else, it would never be enough, even if all the survivors did nothing but write about their experiences, it would still not be enough. *Response when asked how much longer is he going to write about the Holocaust.

I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.