A person who knows nothing about literature may be an ignoramus, but many people don't mind being that. - Northrop Frye

The mark of a great writer: who sees his own time, but with a detachment that makes him communicable to other ages. (2:579)

Those who do succeed in reading the Bible from beginning to end will discover that at least it has a beginning and an end, and some traces of a total structure.

Continuous prose suggests complete identification with the representing, observing, immersing-in-object self. Aphorisms suggest a richer & varied personality made up more of internal conflicts and decisions. An epiphanic sequence suggests the highest mystery of personality. (33.47)