Literature Quotes

"A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it." "Fool, said my muse to me, look in thy heart and write" "Sing me the universal." "What is better than to sit at ease and listen to the best that the poets sing?" "A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted" "Crafting a compelling narrative is about subverting expectations." "Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves." "A poet is the most unpoetical of anything in existence." "The imagination may be compared to Adam's dream." "Much contemporary verse reads like failed short-short stories rather than failed poetry."