“I really, really wanted to write. I loved language. I loved literature. I loved reading. I never read a foreign language, I'm afraid, but I loved Flaubert. I loved the 19th-century classics. I love Thomas Hardy. I wanted to be a goof on a bus, but I wanted to write more.” WritingWantedReadingLiteratureLanguageCenturyBus19th CenturyHardyForeign LanguageGoofs Author:Robert Stone
“I love literature, the English language and storytelling. I also have thirty horses and seventy foxhounds to feed.” LiteratureLanguageHorseStorytellingThirtySeventiesEnglish LanguageLove Literature Author:Rita Mae Brown
“Woe be to him who tries to isolate one department of knowledge from the rest. All science is one: language, literature and history, physics, mathematics and philosophy; subjects which seem the most remote from one another are in reality connected, or rather they all form a single system.” TryingPhilosophyRealitySeemsFormLiteratureLanguageSubjectsMathematicsConnectedPhysicsDepartmentWoe Author:Jules Michelet
“Our language and literature are without a doubt Britain's greatest contribution to the cultural heritage of the world.” WorldLiteratureLanguageDoubtContributionBritainHeritageCultural Heritage Author:Tessa Jowell