#literature

Rizal" is a compulsory course in school, but few teachers make Rizal's novels interesting. If students are taught to enjoy Rizal's works as literature instead of as a lodemine of 'patriotic' allusions I am sure they would not mind reading and rereading the 'Noli me Tangere'. ↗

— Ambeth R. Ocampo

#philippines #rizal #literature-quotes

All classes in proportion to their lack of travel and familiarity with foreign literature are bellicose, prejudiced against foreigners, fond of fighting as a cruel sport -- in short, dog-like in their notions of foreign policy." [Quoted in Socialism and Foreign Policy and War and the Liberal Conscience] ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#fighting #foreign-policy #literature #narrow-mindedness #prejudice

It was. It will never be again. Remember. ↗

— Paul Auster

#paul-auster #quotes #literature-quotes

My feelings are too loud for words and too shy for the world. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#feelings #literature #literature-quotes #loud #poetry-quotes

To come to nothing through something is the way to outside from both sides. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #literature #literature-quotes #nothing #outside

If you are only what you are, You at least have a chance Not to outsmart, But be on a par with yourself And that is worth trying. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #literature #literature-quotes #outsmart #poetry

If emptiness is empty, how can something be borne or awaken from it? ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #emptiness #empty #literature #literature-quotes

There is a moonlight note in the Moonlight Sonata; there is a thunder note in an angry sky. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #literature #literature-quotes #moon #moonlight

To keep the air fresh among words is the secret of verbal cleanliness. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#cleanliness #dejan-stojanovic #fresh-air #literature #literature-quotes

Some people complain there are too many people on earth, Some people complain about secret societies, Some people accuse others of not being able to wake up early. Almost all people complain about something. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#complaining #dejan-stojanovic #earth #literature #literature-quotes