an ode to English. part 2.

if you didn't catch yesterday's post, click here. :)

and now, i give you the second installment of

wisdom from American Literature.

whilst reading Emerson:

" all you know are things from experience. that's how Christianity is claimed true. they saw someone walk on water, or turned locusts into fishes. " 

(when he said this, i was so very confused. obviously he meant water into wine.)

whilst reading Nathaniel Hawthorne:

"you may wonder 'how do i know what Hawthorne meant?' you don't. you can't crawl inside his head. he's dead."

whilst reading Bartleby the Scrivener:

"...it's like being in the bottom of the well. charming."

(in reference to Bartleby, the main character) 

"he's an individual. he's marching to his own drum. well, actually, he;s not marching. he's standing to his own drum."

whilst reading Henry James:

"what the corset says is 'see? i don't work for a thing! you can tell!'"

whilst reading Langston Hughes:

"i'm a pretty white guy, so does that make me the essence of whiteness?"

whilst reading Kurt Vonnegut:

"here's something to get the history majors a little wiggly."

pretty sure that i still have more fun quotes from yet ANOTHER awesome English professor.

 i have yet to find them. 

let's hope it's sooner rather than later.

in the meantime, i hope you are enjoying my reminiscence of my time as an English major.

i know i am.