"Literally, the Bible is a gigantic myth, a narrative extending over the whole of time from creation to apocalypse, unified by a body of recurring imagery that "freezes" into a single metaphor cluster, the metaphors all being identified with the body of the Messiah, the man who is all men, the totality logoi who is one Logos, the grain of sand that is the world."

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Source : "The Great Code: The Bible and Literature". Book by Northrop Frye, 1981.

Northrop Frye

#Men Quotes #World Quotes #Body Quotes

“Sometimes when I'm in a bookstore or library, I am overwhelmed by all the things that I do not know. Then I am seized by a powerful desire to read all the books, one by one.”
“The Church is called to draw near to every person, beginning with the poorest and those who suffer.”
“Most Kikuyu marriages were arranged on the basis of what is described by anthropologists as the bride price.”
“There are really only so many foods and so many ways you can prepare them.”
“Managing the creative process means selecting the best people and then letting them do their work. That means nurturing. It also means, from time to time, creating drama - even uncertainty - so that the creative environment has an edge to it, a charge, and does not run out of steam.”

Source : Interview with Joel Kurtzman, www.strategy-business.com. October 1, 1996.
“Mentalism is the art of exploring and revealing hidden connections.”
“Books hold no passports. There's only one true literary tradition: the human.”
“I do needlepoint from kits. I give them as gifts to people in the form of cushion covers and they are often speechless with horror.”

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