Literature Quotes - Page 115
The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.
Franz Kafka, Malcolm Pasley (1973). “Shorter works [of] Franz Kafka”, Harvill Secker
Swinging first and swinging to kill is all that matters now.
Ernie Pyle, David Nichols (1987). “Ernie's war: the best of Ernie Pyle's World War II dispatches”, Touchstone
Edward Young (1813). “The Complaint; Or, Night Thoughts”, p.183
Edith Wharton (2016). “The Age of Innocence: American Literature”, p.200, VM eBooks
"The Age of Innocence".
I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.
E.M. Forster (1951). “Two Cheers for Democracy”
They [Narnia] are, perhaps, the greatest classics of children’s literature of the twentieth century.
David Lodge (2002). “Language of Fiction: Essays in Criticism and Verbal Analysis of the English Novel”, p.37, Psychology Press
Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Fight Club”, p.141, Random House
Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and - since there is no other metaphor - also the soul.
Christopher Hitchens (2011). “God is Not Great”, p.10, Atlantic Books Ltd
Cheryl Strayed (2013). “Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There”, p.45, Atlantic Books Ltd
Charles Frazier (2007). “Cold Mountain: A Novel”, p.328, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.