Kafka

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

Pauline Kael

If art isn't pleasure, what is it—work?

John 9:4

We must work...while it is day: night comes, when no one can work

Henry James

We work in the dark.

John Irving

Dr. Larch had pointed out that Melony had taken Jane Eyre with her; he accepted this as a hopeful sign—wherever Melony went , she would not be without guidance, she would not be without love, without faith; she had a good book with her. If only she'll keep reading it, and reading it, Larch thought.

Zbigniew Herbert

We are despite everything
The guardians of our brothers

C.G. Hanzlicek

If you want to say this life
Is merely the bridge
To the life we're asked to dream of,
You are my enemy.