The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.
I was kidnapped by literature at a young age and never wanted to be ransomed.
The central symbol for Canada-and this based on numerous instances of its occurrence in both English and French Canadian literature-is undoubtedly Survival, la Survivance.
The myth that everyone once read great literature is just a myth.
Literature is not only a mirror; it is a map, a geography of the mind.
Victorian literature was my subject at Harvard.
My brother and I were both good at science, and we were both good at English literature. Either one of us could have gone either way.
I enjoyed teaching. I liked the students. Having to formulate my ideas about literature made them clearer. I did not particularly enjoy the more bureaucratic aspects of the job. However, if you are teaching fervently, your energy and time are used up at a great rate.
