#literature

Among the letters my readers write me, there is a certain category which is continuously growing, and which I see as a symptom of the increasing intellectualization of the relationship between readers and literature. ↗

— Herman Hesse

#between #category #certain #continuously #growing

It is not Kafka's fault that his wonderful writings have lately turned into a fad, and are read by people who have neither the ability nor the desire to absorb literature. ↗

— Herman Hesse

#absorb #desire #fad #fault #his

My books are shelved in different places, depending on the bookstore. Sometimes they can be found in the Mystery section, sometimes in the Humor department, and occasionally even in the Literature aisle, which is somewhat astounding. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#astounding #books #bookstore #department #depending

Religion is part of the human make-up. It's also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts, our first attempt at cosmology, making sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, believing in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#attempt #believing #care #cosmology #cultural

Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and - since there is no other metaphor - also the soul. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#literature #metaphor #mind #other #scripture

In America, the only truly popular art form is the movies. Most people consider painting a hobby and literature, schoolwork. ↗

— Brad Holland

#art #art form #consider #form #hobby

I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its hopes and aspirations; capitalism by its works and socialism by its literature. ↗

— Sidney Hook

#capitalism #guilty #hopes #i #judging

Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions. ↗

— A. E. Housman

#discrimination #dull #good #great #great literature

Science and literature are not two things, but two sides of one thing. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#one thing #science #sides #thing #things

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

— Josh Hutcherson

#character #literature #period