Famous quotes containing the words literature and/or written:
“Our leading men are not of much account and never have been, but the average of the people is immense, beyond all history. Sometimes I think in all departments, literature and art included, that will be the way our superiority will exhibit itself. We will not have great individuals or great leaders, but a great average bulk, unprecedentedly great.”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
“Now that you’ve written it
In novels and a few verses,
Will the pimps and harlots say
That Destiny’s a wit?”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)