The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
Download Customize

The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive and evil force which ever oppressed people and their literature: it created hypocrisy, perversion, fears, sterility.

— Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
Pin Share Tweet Telegram
Topics
banned books censorship evil fear freedom hypocrisy intellectual freedom literature perversion puritanism sterility

More “Banned books” Quotes

A word to the unwise.Torch every book.Char every page.Burn every word to ash.Ideas are incombustible.And therein lies yo — Ellen Hopkins
Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance. — Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
I hate it that Americans are taught to fear some books and some ideas as though they were diseases. — Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Some children were lucky enough to have their Potter novels banned by witch-hunting school boards and micromanaging mini — Ann Patchett
Banning books is just another form of bullying. It's all about fear and an assumption of power. The key is to address th — James Howe
Censorship and the suppression of reading materials are rarely about family values and almost always about controlabout — Stephen King
Calling a book "Young Adult" is just a fancy way of saying the book is censored. — Oliver Markus
If a novelist were so uncouth and possessed of so little moral sense that he should write of illicit love, his book woul — Clyde Brion Davis, The Great American Novel
Bring on the controversy. I write real life. It's harsh and sometimes gritty, but it's real. Why should we tip toe aroun — Shandy L. Kurth
Yes, books are dangerous. They should be dangerous - they contain ideas. — Pete Hautman
Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we — Stephen Chbosky
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more w — John F. Kennedy