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Early Islam was a time of great creativity. Scholars excelled in sciences and literature.

Editors of open anthologies actively seek submissions from all comers, established and unknown. They are willing to read whatever the tide washes up at their feet.

Ends and purposes, whether they exist as conscious or subconscious tendencies, form the wrap and woof of our conscious experience.

English has a better way with colloquialisms. It has colloquialisms that are colorful and expressive but not too heavy or distracting. In German, if you use colloquialisms, it quickly descends into some kind of dialect literature.

English dramatic literature is, of course, dominated by Shakespeare; and it is almost inevitable that an English reader should measure the value of other poetic drama by the standards which Shakespeare has already implanted in his mind.

Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility.

English literature is a glorious inheritance which is open to all - there are no barriers, no coupons, and no restrictions. In the English language and in its great writers there are great riches and treasures, of which, of course, the Bible and Shakespeare stand along on the highest platform.

Eternity eludes us, even as a thought.

Eurasia ended up with the most domesticated animal species in part because it's the world's largest land mass and offered the most wild species to begin with.

Europe was a very contentious subject in literature and yet jazz musicians still depended on Europe. Now it's not such a big deal.

Europe is a rapidly changing place, on every level. Immigration, post-communist transitions, the unification, steady presence of war and conflict, the inescapable challenges to the notion of national literature/culture-it all exerts pressure upon writers who must be aware of the transformational possibilities of the situation.

Eugene is located in western Oregon, approximately 278 billion miles from anything.

Even boredom has its crises.

Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us.

Even more important maybe, or equally more important at least, is they don't have to scrap for a living.

Even the choicest literature should be taken as the condiment, and not as the sustenance of life. It should be neither the warp nor the woof of existence, but only the flowery edging upon its borders.

Even the most fickle are faithful to a few bad habits.

Even the nonreligious may exercise aesthetic judgment in matters of religion, and indeed our age has given the unbelieving a sophisticated taste in religious literature.

Events are called inevitable only after they have occurred.

Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream, to destroy the family.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life.

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.

Everybody wants to get enlightened but nobody wants to change.

Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life, and if Virtue is not its own reward, I don't know any other stipend annexed to it.

Every human society possesses a mythology which is inherited, transmitted and diversified by literature.

Every complete man has his genius. True virtue is genius.

Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it.

Every life is narrow. Our only escape is not to run away, but to learn to love the people we are and the world in which we find ourselves.

...every literature, in its main lines, reflects the chief characteristics of the people for whom, and about whom, it is written.

Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him.

Every man is the son of his own works.

Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.

Every culture has contributed to maths just as it has contributed to literature. It's a universal language; numbers belong to everyone.

Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word.

Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.

Every novel is a debtor to Homer.

Every once in a while someone without a single bad habit gets caught.

Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.

Every poem is a momentary stay against the confusion of the world.

Every President hates the Press.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

Every step of life shows much caution is required.

Every sport pretends to a literature, but people don't believe it of any other sport but their own.

Everything is possible for the writer. There isn’t anything anyone can tell you that you can’t do, and there is no such thing as "getting away with" anything. There’s no one to tell you what you can or can’t do. You’re only limited by the fences you allow yourself to build around yourself, for whatever reason, including fidelity to some idea about literature someone else imposed upon you some time long ago or five minutes ago.

Everything in life is arbitrary yet must be over-determined in literature. Jean McGarry knows how to tell a persuasive tale illuminating these truths.

Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces.

Everything I write is designed to be milked to the last drop of revenue.

Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry.