John Granger quotes

John Granger quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“This is the power of myth: that we can experience invisible spiritual realities and truths greater than visible, material things in story form.”
-- John Granger

Source : John Granger (2010). “How Harry Cast His Spell: The Meaning Behind the Mania for J. K. Rowling's Bestselling Books”, p.94, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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“Second, the reason to embrace and celebrate these novels as the countercultural event that they are is due largely to the subliminal messages delivered by Harry and friends in their stolen wheelbarrows. Readers walk away, maybe a little softer on the occult than they were, but with story-embedded messages: the importance of a pure soul; love's power even over death; about sacrifice and loyalty; a host of images and shadows about Christ and how essential 'right belief' is for personal transformation and victory over internal and external evils.”
-- John Granger

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“We have plenty to learn from the numerous ants. Sawako Nakayasu-writer,Â antologist, Baudelaire's sister-turns daily life inside out and upside down thenÂ puts it into perfect little boxes. Here we follow the lines of black legged, syntacticalÂ units-the words-as they cross and they tickle the heart of the matter with us.”
-- John Granger

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