Temple of Literature

Famous quotes containing the words temple of, temple and/or literature:

    The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.
    Milan Kundera (b. 1929)

    This flea is you and I, and this
    Our mariage bed, and mariage temple is;
    Though parents grudge, and you, w’are met,
    And cloystered in these living walls of Jet.
    John Donne (1572–1631)

    From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his aspirates. From the point of view of life, he is a reporter who knows vulgarity better than any one has ever known it.
    Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)