Quotes about lit
literature sound doe
I can cite a chapter and verse of literature at the times saying Italians don`t speak our language, these folks coming from other places - it sounds identical to what you are saying about Muslims now. It really does. Chris Hayes
literature virtue great-gatsby-important
Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues. F. Scott Fitzgerald
littles enough knows
I learned a little of beauty-- enough to know that it had nothing to do with truth...
littles way persons
Once we were one person, and always it will be a little that way.
literature ordinary vegetarian
If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics - a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage - surely that proves that you are in the right? George Orwell
littles too-much enough
A little too much is just enough for me. Jean Cocteau
literature slavery politics
Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work. Frederick Douglass
littles denied
I asked for very little from life, and even this little was denied me. Fernando Pessoa
literature prison-life crime
The prisoner is not the one who has commited a crime, but the one who clings to his crime and lives it over and over. Henry Miller
little-sister littles jace
Kill me, little sister. Kill me and you kill Jace, too. Cassandra Clare
littles way world
There's so little wonder left in the world because we've seen everything one way or another'. Jeanette Winterson
littles stories short-story
I'm very happy - if I can do even a little bit of work to get the short story out more, I'm thrilled. George Saunders
literature clients dresses
My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is never seen by his clients, he need not dress respectably. George Bernard Shaw
littles actors kind
John [Cassavetes] loved actors. He gave them a lot of freedom. So if something came up that a certain actor just felt at the moment and said - that kind of improvisation he would accept. He gave very little direction. Gena Rowlands
literature causes pacifist
Indeed; peace literature is almost exclusively read, though to good effect, by pacifists, while what is needed is the canvassing of those who have not so far been won to the cause. Fredrik Bajer
littles details little-things
Exactness in little things is a wonderful source of cheerfulness. Frederick William Faber
literature term representatives
Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you are meant to come to terms. Franz Kafka
literature body crosses
Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross. In this they are at one with their antagonists.
literature world delight
How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?
littles torment
Torment yourself as little as possible, then you'll torment me less.
literature able willing
All I am is literature, and I am not able or willing to be anything else.
literature speak
Writers speak stench.
littles little-bit ifs
Maybe if I forgot things once in a while, we'd all be a little bit happier. Jay Asher
littles earning hardest
Little did I know that earning a living at stand-up is the hardest thing you can do. But once I started doing it, I just loved it, and I realized that I was actually kinda good at it, and then that was it. Greg Giraldo
literature knows do-you-know
How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it? J. D. Salinger
literature height periods
At the height of the McCarthy period, writers were being hounded. Irwin Shaw
literature
Of course, horror/fantasy has always been this disreputable stepchild of literature. Frank Darabont
literature causes reason
An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason. C. S. Lewis
littles usual virtue
If it be usual to be strongly impressed by things that are scarce, why are we so little impressed by virtue? Jean de la Bruyere
literature prosperity
Prosperity is full of friends. Euripides
littles atoms dogma
I can accept the theory of relativity as little as I can accept the existence of atoms and other such dogmas. Ernst Mach
literature moral ethical
Literature remains an indispensable human activity, in which the reader and the writer are engaged of their own volition. Hence, literature has no duty to the masses or society, and ethical or moral pronouncements added by busybody critics are of no concern to the writer. Gao Xingjian
literature knows do-you-know
Do you know because I tell you so, or do you know, do you know. Gertrude Stein