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Literature Quotes

"Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life"

"A man should always have his diary on him. That way, he’s guaranteed to have something incredible to read."

"The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means."

"Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else"

"Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language"

"All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town."

"To have great poets, there must be great audiences."

"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."

"She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain."

"A poet can survive everything but a misprint."

"The use of criticism, in periodical writing, is to sift, not to stamp a work"

"The wicked are great drinkers of water; as the flood proved"

"As a poet, I should like to say that my only argument is with those who do not interest me, and that I can have no quarrel with those who do."

"Some books should be tasted, others devoured"

"It is with the reading of books the same as with looking at pictures; one must, without doubt, without hesitations, with assurance, admire what is beautiful."

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