#literature

One does not become a poet by uttering beautiful words. One becomes a poet by pouring their soul as wine into the Cup of Love. ↗

— Subhan Zein

#philosophy #philosophy-literature #poet #poetry #beauty

The best way to tell people about climate change is through non-fiction. There's a vast literature of outstanding writing on the subject. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#best #best way #change #climate #climate change

When I began I thought that literature was contained within a bubble that somehow floated above the world commented upon by newspapers. But I became more and more interested in trying to include some of that world within my work. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#became #began #bubble #commented #contained

Literature precedes genre. ↗

— Rick Moody

#literature #precedes

People have different views of how you deal with different issues in literature, and, frankly, long may it last that there is a range of views. ↗

— Kate Mosse

#different #frankly #how #issues #last

Few of the great works of ancient Greek literature are easy reading. ↗

— Gilbert Murray

#easy #easy reading #few #great #greek

It is doubtless one of Aristotle's great services that he conceived so clearly the truth that literature is a thing that grows and has a history. ↗

— Gilbert Murray

#clearly #conceived #doubtless #great #grows

Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#known #literature #man #passions #sweetest

I finally returned to Iran in 1979, when I got my degree in English and American literature, and stayed for 18 years in the Islamic republic. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#american literature #degree #english #finally #got

The best work of literature to represent the American Dream is 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It shows us how dreaming can be tainted by reality, and that if you don't compromise, you may suffer. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#american dream #best #best work #compromise #dream