Quotes by Literature You can say that literature is about topics like love, death, and all that, but I think there is only one topic that applies to all literature and that is belonging. Alejandro Zambra like-love literature thinking In Bosnian, there's no distinction in literature between fiction and nonfiction; there's no word describing that. Aleksandar Hemon bosnians literature fiction I started appreciating and valuing different things. Some things just became insufferable to me, and not just literature. I used to like horror movies and now I couldn't stand them. Aleksandar Hemon appreciate different literature You can see the diversity that pieces in the anthology represent, and then the interconnections-obvious and less obvious-between various stories or between various modes of storytelling. Diversity generates need for conversation, conversation generates common interests, as well as differences. Literature, as a human project, is all about that. Aleksandar Hemon diversity literature common Europe is a rapidly changing place, on every level. Immigration, post-communist transitions, the unification, steady presence of war and conflict, the inescapable challenges to the notion of national literature/culture-it all exerts pressure upon writers who must be aware of the transformational possibilities of the situation. Aleksandar Hemon literature challenges war The beauty of literature - also its limit - is that it is inescapably personal, even if you're writing science fiction. Aleksandar Hemon literature writing fiction It's not that war crimes stop as soon as a novel about them is published. Literature operates slowly, it is always inching toward bliss, never quite getting there. Aleksandar Hemon never-quit literature war I write and read with the assumption that literature contains knowledge of human experience that is not available otherwise. Aleksandar Hemon assumption literature writing Literature is always something - it is either story or poetry, ideally both. That is, you always know what it is and even if the interpretation is not available, the experience of language is. Aleksandar Hemon language literature stories Literature transmits incontrovertible condensed experience... from generation to generation. In this way literature becomes the living memory of a nation. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn generations literature memories The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn substitutes literature art Literature that is not the breath of contemporary society, that dares not transmit the pains and fears of that society . . . loses the confidence of its own people, and its published works are used as wastepaper instead of being read. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn pain literature people Thus, literature, together with language, preserves and protects a nation's soul. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn soul literature together Literature becomes the living memory of a nation. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn nations literature memories Periods of rapid and fundamental change were never favourable for literature. Significant works, have nearly always and everywhere been created in periods of stability, be it good or bad. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn significant literature fundamentals The better a novel is, in literary terms, the more you can't be faithful. The novel succeeds on terms exclusive to literature. A good film succeeds on terms exclusive to the cinema. That's why so many bad novels can become good movies. Alexander Payne faithful good-movie literature Passions are the gales of life. Alexander Pope passion literature life Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise. Alexander Pope satire literature praise All nature is but art unknown to thee. Alexander Pope nature literature art True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can. Alexander Pope literature self easy «1234567891011»