“In a word, literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse of my book-friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness. The things I have learned and the things I have been taught seem of ridiculously little importance compared with their "large loves and heavenly charities.” ReadingLiteratureBooksWords Book:The Story of My Life Source: The Story of My Life
“Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.” ReadingLiteratureBooksWordsSocial Anxiety Book:The Story of My Life Source: The Story of My Life
“I do not mean to object to a thorough knowledge of the famous works we read. I object only to the interminable comments and bewildering criticisms that teach but one thing: there are as many opinions as there are men.” ReadingLiteratureBooksCriticismOpinionsClassicsElitismSnobbery Book:The Story of My Life Source: The Story of My Life
“Many scholars forget, it seems to me, that our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding. The trouble is that very few of their laborious explanations stick in the memory. The mind drops them as a branch drops its overripe fruit. ... Again and again I ask impatiently, "Why concern myself with these explanations and hypotheses?" They fly hither and thither in my thought like blind birds beating the air with ineffectual wings. I do not mean to object to a thorough knowledge of the famous works we read. I object only to the interminable comments and bewildering criticisms that teach but one thing: there are as many opinions as there are men.” ReadingLiteratureEducationBooksCriticismWordsOpinionsClassics Author:Helen Keller
“More than at any other time, when I hold a beloved book in my hand my limitations fall from me, my spirit is free.” ReadingLiteratureBooksWords Book:Midstream: My Later Life Source: Midstream: My Later Life