"Literature as a whole is not an aggregate of exhibits with red and blue ribbons attached to them, like a cat-show, but the range of articulate human imagination as it extends from the height of imaginative heaven to the depth of imaginative hell."

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Source : Northrop Frye (1964). “The Educated Imagination”, p.105, Indiana University Press

Northrop Frye

#Cat Quotes #Blue Quotes #Imagination Quotes

“It is true that I had wanted to die , but that is peculiarly different from regretting having been born. Overwhelmingly, I was enormously glad to have been born, grateful for life, and I couldnâ€™t imagine not wanting to pass on life to someone else.”
“If I had to characterize one quality as the genius of feminist thought, culture, and action, it would be the connectivity.”
“It's lovely to get to say hello to people you've always admired from afar, but the fun really starts out front with people going commando whilst wearing daring mud suits.”

Source : Glastonbury Festival site interview, June 22, 2007.
“I'm not here to change the music world, but I'm definitely here to show what I can do and express myself through my music.”

Source : "Lee DeWyze says there's still 'a lot to prove' on his new album" by James Montgomery, www.mtv.com. June 2, 2010.
“How is it that in the so-called barbarian ages art was understood, whereas in our age of progress exactly the opposite is true?”
“Did Lovelace's forces find you? Did Jabor break in?" He spoke slowly through clenched teeth. "I went to get a newspaper" This is getting better and better! I shook my head regretfully. "You should leave such a dangerous assignment to people better qualified: next time ask an old granny, or a toddler-”
“Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.”
“Most women don't like good men. They say they want a good buy, but most women always wind up with the bad boy.”

Source : " CNN Live Today", www.cnn.com. April 3, 2002.

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