HOW READING BREEDS EMPATHY

'One great beauty of literature in its difference from everyday life is that you may be brought to a point of identifying with characters would never get to know in real life because you wouldn't spend nearly as much time with them.'

Matthew Mullins, Enjoying the Bible, p.98.

THOUGHT NEEDS EMOTION

'Thinking without emotion is impoverished thinking.'
Matthew Mullins, Enjoying the Bible, p.71.

THE NEED FOR A LIMITED RANGE OF MEANINGS

'If a work of literature can mean anything to anyone then its's not very meaningful at all. But if a work of literature has a limited range of meaning that cannot be boiled down to a single idea, then it can be meaningful for many readers.'

Matthew Mullins, Enjoying the Bible: Literary Approaches to Loving the Scriptures, p.64.