The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual — when it begins to ignore the passions, the motions — it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance.
Great short quote and quotation by: Isaac Bashevis Singer, New York Times Magazine, Nov. 26, 1978 , US (Polish-born) Jewish author (1904 – 1991)
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