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In all highly civilised communities Pretence is prominent, and sooner or later invades the regions of Literature. ↗

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There are, it is true, at present no great prizes in literature such as are offered by the learned professions, but there are quite as many small ones - competences; while, on the other hand, it is not so much of a lottery. ↗

— James Payn

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Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history. ↗

— Octavio Paz

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I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side. ↗

— Manuel Puig

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Tardiness in literature can make me nervous. ↗

— Manuel Puig

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We shall suffer no attachment to literature, no taste for abstract discussion, no love of purely intellectual theories, to seduce us from our devotion to the cause of the oppressed, the down trodden, the insulted and injured masses of our fellow men. ↗

— George Ripley

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Literature is news that stays news. ↗

— Ezra Pound

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The knowledge of languages was very useful. I have a university degree in foreign languages and literature. ↗

— Emma Bonino

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There is a wonderful Hungarian literature, especially in lyric poetry. ↗

— Gyorgy Ligeti

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Literature... is the union of suffering with the instinct for form. ↗