“Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions.”
Iris Murdoch
“I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for.”
Oscar Wilde
“The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual - when it begins to ignore the passions, the emotions - it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance.”
Isaac Bashevis Singer
“In every sound sleeps the silence.”
Dejan Stojanovic
“In an endless silence even screams sound silent.”
“While the world sleeps, darkness and silence are awake.”
“It is futile to spend time telling stories about the fleetness of each day.”
