The reader has information about the characters that the characters themselves don't have. We all have our secret sides. Even I come… — Jaume Cabre Copy Share Image
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Jews read the books of Moses not just as history but as divine command. The question to which they are an answer… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
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Every great literature has always been allegorical - allegorical of some view of the whole universe. The 'Iliad' is only great because… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Writing a novel is like trying to solve a very long mathematical equation. Changing anything can change everything else. — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
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A man, to read, must read alone. He may make extracts, he may work at books in company; but to read, to… — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
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“The sea,” he says, “gave up the dead which it had in it, and death and hell delivered up the dead that… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
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Indian ancient literature refers to this inner commitment as a sankalpa; and deals with it elaborately. The inner commitment is all the… — T Joseph Benziger Copy Share Image
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