Classic Literature Quotes:

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.

- Charles Dickens

source: A Tale of Two Cities bk. 1, ch. 1 (1859)

topic: Spring, Winter, Light, Incredulity, Great Literature

If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.

- Emily Bronte

topic: Love, Romantic, Loss, Love Literature, Literary Love

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

- William Shakespeare

topic: Inspirational, Death, Courage, Someone Dying, Meaningful Death

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of someone or other of their daughters.

- Jane Austen

topic: Daughter, Men, Views, Great Literature, Good Fortune

Classic literature is still something that hangs in the air like a song.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

topic: Song, Air, Literature, Classic Literature

I love food. I mean, I really love food. I take pictures of my finest, funniest and most fascinating dishes, post them on Twitter, and send them to friends. I treat menus like classic literature, refusing to skip even one word. I read the description of every item, regardless of whether or not I'm interested in eating it.

- Rachel Nichols

topic: Mean, Literature, Classic, I Love Food, Menus

Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature and world politics.

- David Amram

topic: Writing, Literature, World, World Politics, Classic Literature

The classic literature is always modern.

- Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

source: "Caxtoniana: Hints on Mental Culture". Book by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1862.

topic: Literature, Classic, Modern, Classic Literature

Editors can be stupid at times. They just ignore that author's intention. I always try to read unabridged editions, so much is lost with cut versions of classic literature, even movies don't make sense when they are edited too much. I love the longueurs of a book even if they seem pointless because you can get a peek into the author's mind, a glimpse of their creative soul. I mean, how would people like it if editors came along and said to an artist, 'Whoops, you left just a tad too much space around that lily pad there, lets crop that a bit, shall we?'. Monet would be ripping his hair out.

- E. A. Bucchianeri

topic: Stupid, Book, Mean, Monet, Lily Pads