Literary Works

If the literature we

If the literature we are reading does not wake us, why then do we read it? A literary work must be an ice-axe to break the sea frozen inside us. Franz Kafka

I am more affected by the attractions of virtue than by the deformities of vice; I turn gently away from the wicked and I fly to meet the good. If there is in a literary work, in a character, in a picture, in a statue, a beautiful spot, that is where my eyes rest; I … Read more

It’s still true that

It’s still true that literary works by women, gays, and writers of color are often framed as specific, rather than universal, small rather than big, personal or particular rather than socially significant. Cheryl Strayed

Literary works cannot be

Literary works cannot be taken over like factories, or literary forms of expression like industrial methods. Realist writing, of which history offers many widely varying examples, is likewise conditioned by the question of how, when and for what class it is made use of. Bertolt Brecht

I divide all literary

I divide all literary works into two categories: Those I like and those I don’t like. No other criterion exists for me. Anton Chekhov

A literary work can

A literary work can only be received through symbols, through concepts – for that is what words are; but cinema, like music, allows for utterly direct, emotional, sensuous perception of the work. Andrei Tarkovsky

SERIAL, n. A literary

SERIAL, n. A literary work, usually a story that is not true, creeping through several issues of a newspaper or magazine. Ambrose Bierce

No one knows the

No one knows the nature of God, or even if God exists. In a sense, all of our religions are literary works of the imagination. Alan Lightman

We postpone our literary

We postpone our literary work until we have more ripeness and skill to write, and we one day discover that our literary talent wasa youthful effervescence which we have now lost. Ralph Waldo Emerson

My grandfather was a

My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me. While the past was a book he had read and re-read may times, the future was just one more literary work of art into which he used to pour himself with deep thought and concentration. … Read more