Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.

The one and only substitute for experience which we have not ourselves had is art, literature

Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.

The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature.

Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.

A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.