Dameon Fowler

“An intense response to a work will have its roots in the capacities and experiences already present in the personality and mind of the reader.”
― Louise M. Rosenblatt, Literature as Exploration

“I don’t think he took a bath very often either. He had a thick Scottish accent so that half the time I couldn’t understand what he was saying. But the worst thing was that as soon as we met”
― Charlene Lunnon, Abducted

“Through the medium of words, the text brings into the reader's consciousness certain concepts, certain sensuous experiences, certain images of things, people, actions, scenes. The special meanings and, more particularly, the submerged associations that these words have for the individual reader will largely determine what the work communicates to him. The reader brings to the work personality traits, memories of past events, present needs and preoccupations, a particular mood of the moment, and a particular physical condition. These and many other elements in a never-to-be-duplicated combination determine his response to the peculiar contribution of the text.”
― Louise M. Rosenblatt, Literature as Exploration

“So let’s just make a short list of the things the Constitution isn’t: • It isn’t an excuse to dump on people you don’t like • It isn’t carte blanche for the President to do whatever he or she likes, even if you happen to approve of whatever that is • It isn’t divinely ordained • It isn’t a vindication of “states rights” to infringe human rights • It isn’t written in stone or it wouldn’t allow for amendments • It isn’t protection of any one group’s “heritage” at the expense any other group’s • It isn’t a bulwark against immigration • It isn’t a defense of any one religious group over any other”
― Scott McMurrey, Scum America: The Stupid Factor