Quotes from Carol Bly

The principle of literature is devotion to the particulars of life.

It is very difficult to teach navigation theory to someone who clings to the shore.

The secret of literature, which conventional people don't guess, is that writers are forever looking for the surprising revelation - not for reinforcement of collective wisdom.

An essay is a work of literary art which has a minimum of one anecdote and one universal idea.

No work of literature is the product of only one or two conscious ideas. A story is mysteriously dense of meaning.

Apprenticeship is one of the dearest roles of childhood, not just watching Dad or Mother, but being taught a hands-on trade.