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Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions.

~A. E. Housman

Topics: Blunt Discrimination Dull Good Great Great Literature His Literature Mellow Must Opinions Perception Personal Reader Sharpen Should Some Though

Keywords: Always Everything You


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No one bothered reading the books and understanding - and again, I'm not being high-falutin' about it - but I think our books are great literature with great metaphors of real life dealing with fears and hopes.

~Avi Arad

Topics: About Again Being Books Bothered Dealing Fears Great Great Literature Hopes Life Literature Metaphors Our Reading Real Real Life Think Understanding I Think

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To me, characters are at the heart of great literature.

~Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Topics: Characters Great Great Literature Heart Literature Me

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What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.

~E. M. Forster

Topics: About Condition Great Great Literature Literature Man Reads Towards Who Wonderful Wrote

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Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.

~Ezra Pound

Topics: Charged Degree Great Great Literature Language Literature Meaning Possible Simply Utmost

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Of course the illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but exactly the opposite is true. Life is amorphous, literature is formal.

~Francoise Sagan

Topics: Art Believe Close Course Exactly Formal Great Great Literature Illusion Life Literature Make Opposite True Very

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