The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual -- when it begins t...

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.

quote by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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