“It's different in Scotland. People who come to readings are more interested in literature as such, but the readership in general is really quite diverse. It's a cliche, but it's said that people who read my books don't read any other books, and you do get that element.” PeopleSaidBookDifferentReadingLiteratureElementsDiverseScotlandClicheReadership Author:Irvine Welsh
“An underestimated element in poetry, that reading aloud makes clear, is the pause. I mean especially the force of a pause or a couple of pauses close together, contrasted with a longer unit of grammar.” MeanTogetherReadingForceClearCoupleElementsUnitsPausesGrammarUnderestimatedReading Aloud Author:Robert Pinsky
“You may be sitting in a room reading this book. Imagine one note struck upon the piano. Immediately that one note is enough to change the atmosphere of the room - proving that the sound element in music is a powerful and mysterious agent, which it would be foolish to deride or belittle.” MayBookEnoughWould BeReadingSoundRoomsPowerfulImagineProveElementsMusic IsSittingNotesFoolishMysteriousAgentsAtmospherePianoBelittle Book:What to Listen For in Music Source: What to Listen For in Music
“Milton Erickson was a master at using experiential techniques to elicit strengths that were previously dormant. Mills and Crowley have masterfully captured essential elements of Erickson's work and applied it to therapy with children. Easy to read, meticulously referenced, and filled with inspiring case studies, Therapeutic Metaphors for Children and the Child Within has now been updated with important new findings, and it's essential reading for clinicians who work with children as well as for those who want to improve their use of therapeutic metaphor.” WantWellsChildrenImportantUseReadingEasyCasesStudyMastersEssentialsElementsFindingsFilledMetaphorTechniqueTherapyCapturedMillsTherapeuticDormantMiltonCase StudiesClinicians Author:Jeffrey K. Zeig
“What is Jordan that I should wash in it? What is the preaching that I should attend on it, while I hear nothing but what I knew before? What are these beggarly elements of water, bread, and wine? Are not these the reasonings of a soul that forgets who appoints the means of grace?” MenShouldMeanSoulReadingWaterForgetGraceElementsWineBreadReasoningPreachingJordanBread And Wine Author:William Gurnall
“I think all good narration contains an element of mystery and suspense. If it didn't, if the storyline were predictable, we would have no interest in reading it.” IfsThinkingReadingInterestMysteryElementsSuspensePredictableStorylineNarration Author:James Lee Burke
“Elements of the Christian fundamentalist right are one of the strongest components of "support for Israel" - support in an odd sense, because they presumably want to see it destroyed in a cosmic battle at Armageddon, after which all the proper souls will ascend to heaven - or so I understand, again, not from close reading.” WantSoulChristianReadingHeavenSupportBattleElementsIsraelDestroyedOddStrongestCosmicComponentsFundamentalistArmageddonClose Reading Author:Noam Chomsky
“Perhaps the greatest reading pleasure has an element of self-annihilation. To be so engrossed that you barely know you exist.” KnowsSelfReadingPleasureElementsAnnihilation Author:Ian Mcewan