My definition of good literature is that which can be read by an educated reader, and reread with increased pleasure. Gene Wolfe
When people cannot write good literature it is perhaps natural that they should lay down rules how good literature should be written. George Saintsbury
All good Literature rests primarily on insight. George Henry Lewes
In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish. S. I. Hayakawa
In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. S. I. Hayakawa
Good literature erects bridges between different peoples, and by having us enjoy, suffer, or feel surprise, unites us beneath the languages, beliefs, habits, customs, and prejudices that separate us. Mario Vargas Llosa