#liter

For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#destroy #end #first #first time #future

Holden Caulfield is the best character in literature, period. ↗

— Josh Hutcherson

#character #literature #period

American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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I wrote for a weekly magazine and then edited a literary magazine, but I did not really feel comfortable with the profession of journalism itself. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#did #edited #feel #i #itself

For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out in a physical manner on the page. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can! ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#literature #philosophy #freedom

Literature is the ditch I'm going to die in. It's still the thing I care most about. ↗

— Thomas McGuane

#literature #writing #writing-life #death

For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism. It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian. ↗

— Ama Ata Aidoo

#artist #authoritarianism #corruption #embarrass #expose

Doesn't all experience crumble in the end to mere literary material? ↗

— Ellen Glasgow

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The thing that's characteristic of my performance is that I literally do drag the whole studio onto the stage. ↗

— Laurie Anderson

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