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

“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

“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 text.”
― Louise Rosenblatt, Making Meaning with Texts: Selected Essays

“A mother can see into her child’s heart merely by looking at his shadow.”
― Jang Jin-Sung, Dear Leader: My Escape from North Korea