English Literature Quotes

“She'd become an English major for the purest and dullest of reasons: because she loved to read.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, The Marriage Plot

“When poetry becomes synonymous with examination stress, it is unsurprising that readers abandon it once formal education ends.”
― Alok Mishra

“Poetry is frequently introduced as an object of dissection rather than an experience of encounter. Students are trained to hunt for metaphors, symbols, and devices before they are allowed to feel the poem. This premature intellectualisation breeds anxiety rather than appreciation.”
― Alok Mishra

“Criticism that thrives on exaggeration or selective reading ultimately undermines its own credibility.”
― Alok Mishra

“Literary criticism must venture into the dark streets of the unconscious and the mildly lit subconscious of the characters and the authors. However, it must not ignore the aesthetic and the apparent value of a literary work.”
― Alok Mishra

“It is not enough to present literature as an object of study; it must be introduced as an experience.”
― Alok Mishra

“What else can I do? Once you've gone this far you aren't fit for anything else. Something happens to your mind. You're overqualified, overspecialized, and everybody knows it. Nobody in any other game would be crazy enough to hire me. I wouldn't even make a good ditch-digger, I'd start tearing apart the sewer-system, trying to pick-axe and unearth all those chthonic symbols - pipes, valves, cloacal conduits... No, no. I'll have to be a slave in the paper-mines for all time.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Edible Woman

“Nor shall this peace sleep with her; but as when
The bird of wonder dies, the maiden phoenix,
Her ashes new-create another heir
As great in admiration as herself.”
― William Shakespeare, Henry VIII

“ESTRAGON: We always find something, eh Didi, to give us the impression we exist?

VLADIMIR: (impatiently). Yes, yes, we’re magicians. But let us persevere in what we have resolved, before we forget.”
― Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot

“Ninety-nine per cent of traditional English literature concerns people who never have to worry about money at all. We always seem to be watching or reading about emotional crises among folk who live in a world of great fortune both in matters of luck and money; stories and fantasies about rock stars and film stars, sporting millionaires and models; jet-setting members of the aristocracy and international financiers.”
― James Kelman

“But why," he said with animation, "do the English not read their own great literature?"
Victor laughed triumphantly, and said, "Because at school they are made to hate it.”
― Olaf Stapledon, A Man Divided

“مردم می توانند هرقدر دوست دارند از مذهبشان حرف بزنند اما اگر مذهبشان یادشان ندهد که با انسان و حیوان خوب و مهربان باشند همه ی این حرف ها ریاکاری است.”
― Anna Sewell, Balck Beauty

“...the wise words of a friend and guide rang in my head. 'How would you distinguish a true servant of God from a traitor?...You should take especial notice of how a person speaks, not of other things, but of God.”
― Harry Blamires, Highway to Heaven

“We may even conclude it to be an evidence of strength, rather than of weakness, that the Scots language and the Scottish literature did not maintain a separate existence. Scottish, throwing in its luck with English, has not only much greater chance of survival, but contributes important elements of strength to complete the English...”
― T.S. Eliot

“According to the principles of this ancient civilization, every human being was a universe in themselves—a microcosm of existence, free from any religious constraints and the guardian of their own natural innate values. Their belief was that holding authority at any level is essentially a part of the divine office, and the correct use of this office is essential for the promotion of love, peace, and humanity.”
― Muhammad Ijaz Ul Haq

“He thought that humans are like sheep, powerless and helpless, whose reins are in the ruthless hands of life. This life, like a cold-hearted shepherd, drives man toward an endless journey against his desires and will.”
― Muhammad Ijaz Ul Haq, The First Snowfall Of Winter: Love’s Eternal Light Amidst the Ruins of Despair

“How do you recognise a Glaswegian in English literature? He's the cut-out figure who wields a razor-blade, gets moroculous drunk and never has a single, solitary 'thought' in his entire life. He beats his wife and beats his kids and beats his next door neighbour. And another striking thing; everybody from a Glaswegian or working-class background, everybody in fact from any regional part of Britain -none of them knew how to talk! Unlike the nice, stalwart upper-class English hero whose words on the page were always absolutely splendidly proper and pure and pristinely accurate whether in dialogue or without. Most interesting of all, for myself as a writer, the narrative belonged to them and them alone. They owned it. The place where thought and spiritual life exists.”
― James Kelman, Some Recent Attacks: Essays Cultural & Political

“I happened to pen some literature, alas, in an utterly unliterary era.”
― B.S. Murthy

“Flame, ignited with zest,
Fear and excitement intertwine.
How did I land in this chaos?
Yet, I’m loving this stress.

Full of life while dying every moment.
Go away, but stay.
Speak, but with silence.
You my energy and my sink.

Guess who goes back to the start?
Only if you’re willing to cross the sufferings.
All over? Okay but once again.

Mohammad Hafiz”
― Mohammad Hafiz Ganie

“After dinner, they walked through Trafalgar Square, which was also very busy, with its stunning fountains and eye-catching statues attracting crowds of visitors. Some of these visitors enjoyed feeding pigeons and taking pictures with them.
They left the noisy sounds of the square behind and walked slowly towards St. James' Park to seek the sound of silence for a change before heading home. Unlike Trafalgar Square and the surrounding areas, the park was engulfed in silence, interrupted only by the sounds of ducks and swans that moved suddenly in the pond as they approached it. As they sat on a bench facing the beautiful, peaceful pond that seemed to be in deep sleep, Alina sighed.
“I miss this peace and silence. I don't think I can continue to live in the city.”
“I feel the same,” he said as he laid his hand on hers, gazing out at the night. “I’m really delighted that we both like a quiet life. I really love it, although I must admit that I sometimes feel bored if I have to stay in a quiet place for too long. I guess it’s human nature. You can never please humans. No matter what the weather—shine or rain—some will always complain! Humans are so hard to please that even if you grant them an eternal easy life in Paradise, some will still want to go back to Earth, even if living on Earth means struggling, starving, bleeding, and suffering!”
“I’m really impressed that you like a quiet life despite the fact that you were brought up in a large city...”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“If accuracy, fidelity, and the strictest attention to the letter of the text, be supposed to constitute the qualities of an excellent version, this of all versions, must, in general, be accounted the most excellent. Every sentence, every word, every syllable, and every letter and point, seems to have been weighed with the nicest exactitude; and expressed, either in the text, or margin, with the greatest precision”
― Father Alexander Geddes

“چیپس، غالبا همین که در خانه ی خانم ویکِت کنار بخاری می نشست به این فکر می افتاد که: احتمالا من تنها آدمی در جهان هستم که خاطره ای گنگ از وزربی پیر در ذهن دارد.... خاطره ای گنگ. آن روز تابستانی که پرتو آفتاب از غبار مملو در هوای اتاق کار آقای وزربی گذر می کرد تصویری بود که به کرّات در ذهن او ظاهر می شد.(( تو جوانی آقای چیپسینگ و بروکفیلد مدرسه ای کهنسال. جوانی و کهنسالی غالبا ترکیبی خوب می سازند. همه ی شور و شوقت را به بروکفیلد نثار کن، و بروکفیلد، در عوض، چیزی به تو خواهد داد. و اصلا اجازه نده کسی سر به سرت بگذارد.))”
― James Hilton, Good-Bye Mr. Chips

“هر یکشنبه شب، پس از مراسم شامگاه در نمازخانه ی مدرسه، چتریس نام شاگردان قدیمی را که در جنگ کشته شده بودند می خواند و زندگینامه ی کوتاهی از آنها را چاشنی سخن می کرد. بسیار هیجان انگیز بود؛ اما چیپس، نشسته بر نیمکت دراز نمازخانه، به خود می گفت: برای چتریس آنها چیزی جز نام نیستند؛ او قیافه ی آنها را آن طور که من می بینم، نمی بیند....”
― James Hilton, Good-Bye Mr. Chips

“Jilly Cooper's dazzling tales of glamour captivated millions — including Queen Camilla, who hailed her as a “legend.” Yet she was not immune to scandal: Private Eye exposed her plagiarism, which she later admitted. The literary world accepted her admission and soon forgot about it. In a similar situation, however, the same world reacted with outrage when Japanese author Rie Kudan admitted to using AI. This double standard raises the question: why is human borrowing accepted as part of the creative process, but AI is not?”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“For thee, a comet paints the azure skies,
A star doth dream to kiss thy gentle lips;
The moon keeps watch, through silent midnight hours,
For thee, my love, in everlasting light”
― Noctis Pen, Poemas y canciones para el mal de amores Volumen1

“Sometimes the right thing to do is the last thing you want to do”
― Amber May Lin Kay

“Objects possess no charm or ugliness of their own; it is the person we are with that either turns a desert into a garden or makes the finest day feel dull.”
― Muhammad Ijaz Ul Haq

“This fragrance scattered through the evening air,
Doth bear a message wrought of love’s design;
The blossoms fallen from the branches fair,
To them, the gentle twilight doth assign.”
― Muhammad Ijaz Ul Haq

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― Avis Abshire

“Any great work of literature becomes successful because it can create intertwined layers of disturbance – inside the characters and outside in the atmosphere. Consequently, we don’t only enjoy the visual spectacle, but also the internal chaos that shapes itself in the form of pity, fear, hatred, affection and more.”
― Alok Mishra