Inspiring Quotes for Sunday, May 18, 2025
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Wisdom A novel worth reading is an education of the heart. ~ Susan Sontag
While interviewing Susan Sontag for ¡°The Paris Review¡± in 1995, Edward Hirsch asked the writer and activist whether it was old-fashioned to think that the purpose of literature is to educate us about life. Sontag unequivocally confirmed that novels enlighten us. She went on to say, ¡°[Novels enlarge] your sense of human possibility, of what human nature is, of what happens in the world.¡± When we read a story, we experience, on an intellectual and emotional level, the successes and failures of the characters ¡ª and we learn empathy and understanding from their stories.
Mary
Live long and prosper
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