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    As I was going up the stairI met a man who wasn't thereHe wasn't there again todayI wish, I wish he'd stay away. - The Psychoed.

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In our day the conventional element in literature is elaborately disguised by a law of copyright pretending that every work read more

In our day the conventional element in literature is elaborately disguised by a law of copyright pretending that every work of art is an invention distinctive enough to be patented.

by Northrop Frye Found in: Literature Quotes,
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Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it is true that a national read more

Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it is true that a national literature cannot rise above the moral level of the social conditions of the people from whom it derives its inspiration.

by James Connolly Found in: Literature Quotes,
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Nothing but blackness aboveAnd nothing that moves but the cars...God, if you wish for our love,Fling us a handful of read more

Nothing but blackness aboveAnd nothing that moves but the cars...God, if you wish for our love,Fling us a handful of stars! - Caliban in the Coal Mines.

by Louis Untermeyer Found in: Literature Quotes,
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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.

by Albert Camus Found in: Literature Quotes,
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Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child.

Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child.

by Anon. Found in: Literature Quotes,
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Education is the state-controlled manufacture of echoes.

Education is the state-controlled manufacture of echoes.

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If the radiance of a thousand sunsWere to burst at once into the skyThat would be like the splendor of read more

If the radiance of a thousand sunsWere to burst at once into the skyThat would be like the splendor of the Mighty one --I am become Death,The shatterer of Worlds. - Bhagavad Gita.

by Hindu Spiritual Found in: Literature Quotes,
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Literature is the thought of thinking Souls.

Literature is the thought of thinking Souls.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Literature Quotes,
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Literature is my utopia.

Literature is my utopia.

by Helen Keller Found in: Literature Quotes,
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