#literature

I lived in a region in the northwestern province - the people there in general have a great love for the Taliban, so I started to read some of the literature of the scholars and the history of the movement. And my heart became attached to them. ↗

— John Walker Lindh

#became #general #great #great love #heart

Cut quarrels out of literature, and you will have very little history or drama or fiction or epic poetry left. ↗

— Robert Staughton Lynd

#drama #epic #epic poetry #fiction #history

Literature is the denunciation of the times in which one lives. ↗

— Camilo Jose Cela

#literature #lives #times #which

I woke to the sound of rain. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#rain #simple #subtle #beauty

I also really liked playing Mr. Tumnus in 'Narnia'. I got to play my favorite character in children's literature, which I loved. You don't get the chance to do that in other jobs. ↗

— James McAvoy

#chance #character #children #favorite #get

I was always drawn to teachers who made class interesting. In high school, I enjoyed my American and English literature classes because my teachers, Jeanne Dorsey and Dani Barton, created an environment where interaction was important. ↗

— Ellen Ochoa

#american #because #class #classes #created

Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#art #auditory #because #certain #depend

I think the great artists, especially in literature, have always thought with the heart. ↗

— Douglas Sirk

#artists #especially #great #heart #i

Insane" es un problema mental congénito, y se considera conveniente tratarlo con una terapia especializada. En cambio, "Lunatic" se refiere a una pérdida temporal del juivio debido al efecto de la luna. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#literature-quotes

The Bible is literature, not dogma. ↗

— George Santayana

#dogma #literature