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Literary Quotes

"Words have a magical power. They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepest despair."

"Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast."

"I have learned two lessons in my life: first, there are no sufficient literary, psychological, or historical answers to human tragedy. Second, there are no tragic answers, only silent ones."

"How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child"

"The pedigree of honey does not concern the bee a clover any time to him is aristocracy"

"I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."

"A wit's a feather, and a chief a rod"

"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book"

"I quote others only in order the better to express myself."

"Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me?"

"Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man."

"Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps "

"I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it."

"I cannot live without books"

"The world had been sad since Tuesday."

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