#literature

In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern. ↗

#classics #literature #modern #newest #oldest

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others. ↗

Jesus claimed He had the power to raise himself from the dead and His followers would be raised from the dead. That's a unique claim in the literature of religion. ↗

— Josh McDowell

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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

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I have no models in Japanese literature. I created my own style, my own way. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

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Some people think literature is high culture and that it should only have a small readership. I don't think so... I have to compete with popular culture, including TV, magazines, movies and video games. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

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I didn't read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

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Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

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

— Gilbert Murray

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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. ↗