Edith Wharton Novelist, Short Story Writer “Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive.” Happiness Literature Alive ♥ 13
Denis Diderot Philosopher, Writer “There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.” Men May Literature ♥ 13
Aeschylus Playwright “In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.” House Literature ♥ 13
Aldous Huxley Novelist, Essayist “Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness.” People Happiness ♥ 13
Andre Gide Novelist “It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.” Long Literature ♥ 13
AW August Wilson Playwright, Screenwriter “My greatest influence has been the blues. And that's a literary influence, because I think the blues is the best literature that we as black Americans have.” Thinking Literature Black ♥ 13
Marcel Proust Novelist “It is not because other people are dead that our affection for them grows faint, it is because we ourselves are dying.” People Literature Dying ♥ 13
Anton Chekhov Playwright, Short Story Writer “There is nothing new in art except talent.” Art Literature ♥ 13
Marguerite Duras Writer, Filmmaker “I see journalists as the manual workers, the laborers of the word. Journalism can only be literature when it is passionate.” Literature Passionate Journalism ♥ 13
