“Narratives are universally used for mediating emotional experiences. The purpose of aesthetic objects has been defined, in part, as 'the awakening, intensifying,… — Mikkel Wallentin Arndis Simonsen Andreas Hojlund Nielsen Copy Share Image
“We want the author to give us answers when all he can do is give us desires.” — Eric Karpeles Copy Share Image
“Literature takes us away from our grey everyday experience, but brings us back enriched with new sensibilities.” — Willie van Peer Copy Share Image
“[I]ndividual readers may conceivably choose (or be led) to regard a given text as literary in cases where such a response is… — Patrick O'Neill Copy Share Image
“You can't love someone without imaginative sympathy, without beginning to see the world from another point of view. You can't be a… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
“Maslow's five values are the values for which people live when they have nothing to live for. Nothing has seized them, nothing… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“There are three points about stories: if told, they like to be heard; if heard, they like to be taken in; and… — Ciarán Carson Copy Share Image
“So, you may ask, what is the use of studying the world of imagination where anything is possible and anything can be… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
“...empathy is the driving force behind the experience of emotions in narratives (Keen, 2006; Mar et al., 2006; Oatley, 2011).” — Mikkel Wallentin Arndis Simonsen Andreas Hojlund Nielsen Copy Share Image
“… it would even be inexact to say that I thought of those who read it as readers of my book. Because… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“Literature keeps presenting the most vicious things to us an entertainment, but what it appeals to is not any pleasure of these… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
“Readers don't want to read about somebody else having powerful emotions. . . . Readers want to become somebody else for a… — Randy Ingermanson Copy Share Image
