#literature

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

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The birth of a true poet is neither an insignificant event nor an easy delivery. Complications generally begin long before the fated soul carries its dubious light into whatever womb has been kind enough to volunteer the intricate machinery of its blood and prayers and muscles for a gestation period much longer than nine months or even nine years. ↗

— Aberjhani

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I lead no party; I follow no leader. I have given the best part of my life to careful study of Islam, its law and polity, its culture, its history and its literature. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

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I don't think any novelist should be concerned with literature. ↗

— Jacqueline Susann

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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

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Literature is air, and I'm suffocating in mediocrity. ↗

— Armand Assante

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Literature is the question minus the answer. ↗

— Roland Barthes

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I read Russian literature a lot. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

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I think any good literature, whether it's for children or for adults, will appeal to everybody. As far as children's literature goes, adults should be able to read it and enjoy it as much as a child would. ↗

— Amber Benson

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The study of social progress is today not less needed in literature than is the analysis of the human heart. ↗

— Alfred de Vigny

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