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A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images.
A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images.
People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.
People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.
Literature is the thought of thinking Souls.
Literature is the thought of thinking Souls.
The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency.
The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency.
When a man can observe himself suffering and is able, later, to describe what he's gone through, it means he read more
When a man can observe himself suffering and is able, later, to describe what he's gone through, it means he was born for literature.
In books, the proportion of exceptional to commonplace people is very high; in reality, very low.
In books, the proportion of exceptional to commonplace people is very high; in reality, very low.
How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.
How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but read more
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.
The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.
The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.
