Trivial Literature

Famous quotes containing the words trivial and/or literature:

    “We have cried in our despair
    That men desert,
    For some trivial affair
    Or noisy, insolent sport,
    Beauty that we have won
    From bitterest hours....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Since people no longer attend church, theater remains as the only public service, and literature as the only private devotion.”
    —Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)