Louise Rosenblatt famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The reader brings to the work personality traits, memories of past events, present needs and preoccupations, a particular mood of the moment and a particular physical condition. These and many other elements in a never-to-be-duplicated combination determine his response to the text.
-- Louise Rosenblatt

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Text is just ink on a page until a reader comes along and gives it life.
-- Louise Rosenblatt

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Literature provides us with experiences it would not be wise or possible to introduce into our own world and thus enlarges our understanding of the world.
-- Louise Rosenblatt

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Books do not simply happen to people. People also happen to books.
-- Louise Rosenblatt

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A poem is what the reader lives through under the guidance of the text and experiences as relevant to the text.
-- Louise Rosenblatt

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I want to have the memories of my time with you to keep me warm.
I never encourage deceit, and falsehood, especially if you have got a bad memory, is the worst enemy a fellow can have. The fact is truth is your truest friend, no matter what the circumstances are.
We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
The experience youâ€™ve had may be unwanted, may amount to nothing but damage and waste, but experience has substance, is factual, authoritative, lives on in your past and affects your present, whatever you attempt to do about it.
Since ideology is part of the human personality, it deserves a place in the kingdom of eternal truths.
It is imperative that one approaches a spiritual master, for by such association one proportionately develops his consciousness towards the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
One must execute devotional service under the guidance of a devotee or directly under the guidance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is not possible, however, to train oneself without guidance from the spiritual master.
On every level, despite differences in personalities and jobs, every single human being needs recognition and support.
I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
The largest part of what we call 'personality' is determined by how we've opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness".

Louise Rosenblatt famous quotes

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