Teaching literature is teaching how to read. How to notice things in a text that a speed-reading culture is trained to disregard, overcome, edit out, or explain away; how to read what the language is doing, not guess what the author was thinking; how to take evidence from a page, not seek a reality to substitute for it.
BARBARA JOHNSONTeaching literature is teaching how to read. How to notice things in a text that a speed-reading culture is trained to disregard, overcome, edit out, or explain away; how to read what the language is doing, not guess what the author was thinking; how to take evidence from a page, not seek a reality to substitute for it.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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Life can be wonderful. Do your best not to miss it!” Enjoy what it is before it isn’t anymore. Dare to slip on a pair of bunny slippers once in a while! Surprise yourself! Enjoy the little things because one day you’ll look back and realize they were the big things!
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Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos.
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We can never untangle all the woes in other people’s lives. We can’t produce miracles overnight. But we can bring a cup of cool water to a thirsty soul, or a scoop of laughter to a lonely heart.
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We spend our lives dreaming of the future, not realizing that a little of it slips away every day.
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Old florists never die. They just make other arrangements.
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Kids can be a pain in the neck when they’re not a lump in your throat.
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We are destined for joy no matter how difficult our daily life. Something in us responds to the happiness other people experience, because we glimpse life as God intended it to be.
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I think living to be one hundred would be great, but living to fifty twice would be so much better.
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Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional
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Allow your dreams a place in your prayers and plans. God-given dreams can help you move into the future He is preparing for you.
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Change is a process not an event.
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Laughter is to life what shock absorbers are to automobiles. It won’t take the potholes out of the road, but it sure makes the ride smoother
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It never hurts your eyesight to look on the bright side of things.
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Smile…it kills time between disasters.
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True love doesn’t have a happy ending, because true love never ends. Letting go is one way of saying I love you.
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