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Here are a few quotes from famous novelists, poets, and other figures in literature!

Dostoevsky, Fyodor - Quotes
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was a Russian novelist, journalist, and short-story writer. The quotes from Fyodor Dostoevsky are famous in world literature. Here are a few memorable quotes from the Russian literary master, Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Bronte, Charlotte - Quotes
Charlotte Bronte was one of the most controversial women writers of her time. Here are a few quotes.

F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
F. Scott Fitzgerald is an American writer, known for works like The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night--along with other novels and short stories. Here are a few quotes from the life and works of F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Adams, Douglas - Quotes
Douglas Adams is perhaps best known for his series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Here are a few quotes from Douglas Adams.

Bellow, Saul - Quotes
Saul Bellow was a Nobel-prize-winning writer, who's representative of Jewish-American concerns. He offers up an eclectic string of characters--from Augie March to Moses E. Herzog and Charlie Citrine. Here are a few quotes from Saul Bellow.

Agee, James - Quotes
James Agee was a prize-winning novelist, journalist and poet. He is perhaps best known for his autobiographical work, A Death in the Family, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize. Here are a few quotes from James Agee.

Baldwin, James - Quotes
James Baldwin was an African-American novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. Baldwin is perhaps best known for Go Tell it on the Mountain. Here are a few quotes from James Baldwin.

Belasco, David - Quotes
David Belasco was a playright, theatrical producer and manager. Here are a few quotes by David Belasco.

Bishop, Elzabeth - Quotes
Elizabeth Bishop was an American writer, who is often considered one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. Here are a few quotes.

Dickens, Charles - Quotes
Charles Dickens came from a life of poverty and deprivation, but he drew from many of his earliest experiences to create some of the most memorable characters of all time.

Colette (Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette) Quotes
Colette was born Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, but she always wrote under the name "Colette." Colette was a French writer, who is perhaps best known for Gigi (1944), was adapted to the stage and big screen.

Crane, Hart - Quotes
Hart Crane was an American poet, who published White Buildings and The Bridge. His collected works were also published after his death by suicide in 1932. Here are a few quotes from Hart Crane.

Dreiser, Theodore - Quotes
Theodore Dreiser was an American novelist and journalist, famous for Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy. Here are quotes from the famous American Naturalist writer.<

Eliot, George - Quotes
George Eliot was born Mary Ann Evans, but she used "George Eliot" for her freelance works, novels, and poetry. Read more about the quotes of George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans).

Forster, E.M. - Quotes
In the epitaph of his famous novel, Howards End, E.M. Forester wrote: "Only Connect!" That quote represents the humanistic viewpoint he espouses in his novels. Which of Forster's novels did you most enjoy? Do you have a favorite quote from his novels, essays or short stories? Here are a few quotes from E.M. Forster.

Frank, Anne - Quotes
Anne Frank was a young girl who was caught up in the horror of the Holocaust. She received a diary for her 13th birthday, and began penning the words that would make her forever memorable. Read about her hopes, dreams, fears, and tears. Here are just a few quotes from Anne Frank.

Gide, Andre - Quotes
Andre Gide was a French novelist, critic, and essayist, who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1947. He was a moralist and humanist. Here are a few quotes from Andre Gide.

Ginsberg, Allen - Quotes
Allen Ginsberg was a prominent American poet. Influenced by Walt Whitman and others, Ginsberg became a key figure in the Beat Generation of Poets. One of his most well known works was Howl. Read more about Allen Ginsberg, with these quotes.

Heinlein, Robert - Quotes
Robert Heinlein is one of the great masters of science fiction, famous for Stranger in a Strange Land and other classics in the sci-fi and fantasy genres. Here are a few quotes from Robert Heinlein.

Hemingway, Ernest - Quotes
Ernest Hemingway was a famous American novelist and short story writer, who was a significant influence in the 20th century. He was part of the Lost Generation of writers in Paris, and he was well acquainted with F. Scott Fitzgerald and other writers.

Herbert, Frank - Quotes
Frank Herbert is known for his series of ecological fiction, in the science fiction genre. Dune was awarded the first Nebula for Best Novel, and he received numerous other awards. Here are a few quotes from Frank Herbert.

Kant, Immanuel - Quotes
Immanuel Kant was a German writer and philosopher. Kant is known for The Critique of Pure Reason. Here are a few quotes from Immanuel Kant.

Lazarus, Emma - Quotes
Emma Lazarus is a famous American poet and essayist, famous for the poem she wrote that is associated with the Statue of Liberty. Here are a few quotes.

London, Jack - Quotes
Jack London was an American writer, famous for The Call of the Wild, Sea Wolf, Before Adam, Iron Heel, and many other works. Many of his novels were based on his real-life experiences as an adventurer and sailor. Here are a few quotes from Jack London.

Mahfouz, Naguib - Quotes
Naguib Mahfouz was the first Arab writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. An internationally renowned writer, he was born in Egypt. Read more about this literary legend.

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia - Quotes
Gabriel Garcia Marquez is considered one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. Works like One Hundred Years of Solitude are already being termed classics, and he's famous for other works that are characterized by magic realism. Here are a few quotes from Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

McCullers, Carson - Quotes
Carson McCullers wrote plays, novels, short stories, poetry, nonfiction pieces, and even an unfinished autobiography. For My Heart is a Lonely Hunter and other works, she is considered one of the most significant writers of the 20th century. Read more about what she has to say. Here are a few quotes.

Melville, Herman - Quotes
Herman Melville is perhaps best-known for Moby-Dick, but Typee was the most popular book during his lifetime. Herman Melville was a novelist, essayist, and poet. Here are a few of the famous quotes from this major American writer...

Millay, Edna St. Vincent - Quotes
Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American poet and dramatist, who received a Pulitzer Prize for The Harp-Weaver, and Other Poems (1922). She was famous for her independence and sexual freedom. Here are a few quotes from Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Paton, Alan - Quotes
Alan Paton is perhaps most famous for Cry, the Beloved Country (1948), which follows the story of Stephen Kumalo. A South African writer, Alan Paton wrote biographies, autobiographies, short stories, and novels. Here are a few quotes from Alan Paton.

Rimbaud, Arthur - Quotes
Arthur Rimbaud was a French writer, known for Le Bateau Ivre (The Drunken Boat). He published his first poem at the age of 16, and stopped writing at the age of 21. He was also an adventurer, who traveled through Egypt, Ethiopia, Ogadain, and beyond. Here are a few quotes from Arthur Rimbaud

Sand, George - Quotes
George Sand was a French Romantic novelist. One of her claims to fame was her relationship with Frederic Chopin. She used the pseudonym George Sand, but she was born Aurore Dupin. Here are a few quotes from George Sand.

Swift, Jonathan - Quotes
Jonathan Swift was an Irish novelist, poet and satirist--famous for Gulliver's Travels, and other works. His most famous novel has been controversy, banned and challenged. Here are a few quotes.

C.S. Forester Quotes
Here are quotes from C.S. Forester.

Salinger, J.D. - Quotes
J.D. Salinger is one of the most famous writers of the 20th century, known for his controversial novel, The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger's novel has been the subject of a great deal of debate and controversy, even as it has been studied in classrooms across the U.S. Read a few of the quotes from J.D. Salinger.

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