isn’t that obvious?

aseaofquotes:

Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

So long as there shall exist, by reason of law and custom, a social condemnation which, in the midst of civilization, artificially creates a hell on earth, and complicates with human fatality a destiny that is divine; so long as the three problems of the century - the degradation of man by the exploitation of his labor, the ruin of women by starvation, and the atrophy of childhood by physical and spiritual night - are not solved; so long as, in certain regions, social asphyxia shall be possible; in other words, and from a still broader point of view, so long as ignorance and misery remain on earth, there should be a need for books such as this.

Jon Stewart, explaining to young people why books are awesome.

Les Misérables, Victor Hugo

Vol 4, Book 3

withherwindblownhair:

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aseaofquotes:

Charles Bukowski, “A Poet in New York”