“One thing I discovered is that the book world is vast. It's easy to walk around the store - even the room with literature and poetry, where I work most often - and feel overwhelmed.” WorldFeelsBookLiteratureEasyWalksRoomsOne ThingStoresOverwhelmed Author:Kevin Sampsell
“The compact between writing and walking is almost as old as literature -- a walk is only a step away from a story, and every path tells.” WritingStoriesLiteratureWalksStepsPathWalkingCompact Book:The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot Source: The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot
“People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage to walk with any kind of bearing towards another person's habitual misery.” PeopleMenNeedsKindPersonsSometimesLiteratureWalksWalkingMiseryExecutionHabitualMisers Book:The Portable Graham Greene Source: The Portable Graham Greene
“I live to the rhythm of my country and I cannot remain on the sidelines. I want to be here. I want to be part of it. I want to be a witness. I want to walk arm in arm with it. I want to hear it more and more, to cradle it, to carry it like a medal on my chest. Activism is a constant element in my life, even though afterwards I anguish over not having written 'my own things.' Testimonial literature provides evidence of events that people would like to hide, denounces and therefore is political and part of a country in which everything remains to be done and documented.” PeopleWantCountryDonePoliticalLiteratureMy OwnWalksWrittenEventsArmsElementsEvidenceRemainsConstantActivismRhythmWitnessChestsAnguishMedalCradleSidelinesTestimonial Author:Elena Poniatowska
“All the walks of literature are infested with mendicants for fame, who attempt to excite our interest by exhibiting all the distortions of their intellects and stripping the covering from all the putrid sores of their feelings.” FeelingsLiteratureInterestWalksFameIntellectEgotismCoveringDistortionStripping Author:Thomas B. Macaulay