Thursday, January 6, 2011

Egocentric Literalists: Quote of the Day

I often say that what lies at the heart of most lovers of literature is a single impulse: “Let me read a story about someone who is unique and interesting, someone just like me.”   Ego-centrism, to a great extent, is the highest form of literalism.

There is so much truth in that statement i could unpack it for hours, but i don't have those hours today so you'll have to do it yourself.  The rest of the article is worth a read too, and it is not too long.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Jesus treats the Syrophoenecian Woman as a Disciple

[This is an extract from my essay "Breaking Bread: The Power of Hospitality in the Gospel of Mark" which you can read in full and ...