Quotes About Interpretation

Although I doubt He [Jesus] said "believeth" as He was Jewish and not a fancy-pants English fellow.

Movie Jesus is a whole lot different from Bible Jesus

Nowadays people formulate truth; they don't find it.

One man's poison is another's elixir.

It's strange how memory gets twisted and pulled like taffy in its retelling, how a single event can mean something different to everyone present.

There are no right or wrong answers. Not when it comes to literature.

The great thing about literature is that it's subjective. No two readers read the same book, because we all see the words through different eyes, filter the story through different life experiences.

No two readers read the same book, because we all see the words through different eyes, filter the story through different life experiences

It's funny how family histories seem to differ, depending on whom you ask.

always assume people's behaviors are a reaction to something I've done, not that they're just doing their thing.

think. The great thing about literature is that it's subjective. No two readers read the same book, because we all see the words through different eyes, filter the story through different life experiences.

We're given carefully spun answers to questions

he winks at her. The wink makes me think of

A poem is like a score for the human voice.

Deceivingly, Miss Neville, the word vodka means 'little water.' The Russians are masters of the understatement." - Lord Nash

The word 'composition' applies to music, too, and it can be useful to think about how art is created in relation to music when trying to analyse it.

Art is a visual language, not one of words, and so conclusions about artworks based on verbal or written communication are parallel but not a true equivalent.

Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.

It might be wishful thinking, but the very name 'jungle' seemed to reflect a wry left-field humour. Ask half a dozen people how the name came about, though, and you'll get six different answers – and they'll all be true.

Both Hegel and Darwin can be mis-used to support a belief in the "survival of the fittest".

He that uses his words loosely and unsteadily will either not be minded or not understood.

Yes, we need to be active Christians, walking through doors that are open to us. But sometimes we break the doors down, say they were already open, and even use God's name to defend ourselves, defiling his character with misinterpretations of His word. We do these things to meet her own needs instead of trusting Him.

A pause. It might have been pregnant. I've never been sure how to tell if a silence has conceived or not.