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The ambition of much of today's literary theory seems to be to find ways to read literature without imagination. ↗
La politique au milieu des intérêts d'imagination, c'est un coup de pistolet au milieu d'un concert. ↗
The traveler from Europe edges into it like a tiny Jonah entering an inconceivably large whale, slipping past the straits of Belle Isle into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where five Canadian provinces surround him, for the most part invisible. Then he goes up the St. Lawrence and the inhabited country comes into view, mainly a French-speaking country with its own cultural traditions. To enter the United States is a matter of crossing an ocean; to enter Canada is a matter of being silently swallowed by an alien continent. ↗
We have invented the literature because the reality wasn’t imaginative enough and we also wanted to be alone, at least for a while! ↗
. . . a statement that is repugnant to one's beliefs can be as true as one that is pleasurable. ↗
#classic-literature #inspirational-fiction #literary #inspirational
Sometimes I sensed that the books I read in rapid succession had set up some sort of murmur among themselves, transforming my head into an orchestra pit where different musical instruments sounded out, and I would realize that I could endure this life because of these musicales going on in my head. ↗
One of my rules is never to look sideways at what other people are doing but instead, do what I feel is right. ↗
#children-s-books #children-s-literature #humanity #life-advice #self-assurance
Ma vie est une énigme dont ton nom est le mot. (My life is an enigma, of which your name is the word.) ↗
The ability to read becomes devalued when what one has learned to read adds nothing of importance to one's life. ↗
