"Literature incarnates its meanings as concretely as possible. The knowledge that literature gives of a subject is the kind of knowledge that is obtained by (vicariously) living through an experience."

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Source : Leland Ryken (1984). “How to Read the Bible as Literature”, p.13, Zondervan

Leland Ryken

#Giving Quotes #Literature Quotes #Kind Quotes

“The earth neither grows old or wears out if it is dunged.”
“Anxiety has afflicted me all my life.”

Source : "Surviving Anxiety". www.theatlantic.com. January/February 2014.
“My work disturbs people and nobody wants to be disturbed. They are not fully aware of the effect my work has on them, but they know it is disturbing.”
“I was in enough to get along with people. I was never socially inarticulate. Not a loner. And that saved my life, saved my sanity. That and the writing. But to this day I distrust anybody who thought school was a good time. Anybody.”
“When are we going to realize that hating other women - no matter how much money they have or how far they've fallen - is just as bad for ourselves as it is for anyone else?”

Source : Jessica Valenti (2009). “He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know”, p.113, Seal Press
“And I thanked mi papa who'd always said to me that we, los Indios, the Indians, were like the weeds. That roses you had to water and giver fertilizer or they'd die. But weeds, indigenous plants, you gave them nada-nothing; hell you even poisoned them and put concrete over them, and those weeds would still break the concrete,”

Source : Victor Villasenor (2008). “Burro Genius”, p.21, HarperCollins Español
“The Academies of Art are nothing but great painting factories - those with talent are fed in at one end, and they come out as mechanical painting machines.”
“Confront a child, a puppy, and a kitten with a sudden danger; the child will turn instinctively for assistance, the puppy will grovel in abject submission, the kitten will brace its tiny body for a frantic resistance.”

Source : Saki, Hector Hugh Munro (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Saki (Illustrated)”, p.849, Delphi Classics

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