Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.

We cultivate literature on a little oat-meal.

We cultivate literature on a little oat-meal.

Only two classes of books are of universal appeal. The very best and the very worst.

Only two classes of books are of universal appeal. The very best and the very worst.

Literature is the immortality of speech.

Literature is the immortality of speech.

The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.

The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out in a physical manner on read more

For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out in a physical manner on the page.rn

Learning why one great book is just like every other great book is the key to understanding literature

Learning why one great book is just like every other great book is the key to understanding literature