Ethan Canin Quotes

My idea of teaching literature is just to read great passages aloud or to look at it the way a writer does, which is what I try to do. Which is to say, 'How does this writer do this? How did he order his scenes? Do you notice any pattern to his sentences?'

Ethan Canin

Quotes to Explore

You really are being quite foolish to smoke.

Iain Glen
- You
- Foolish
- Smoke
If we despond, public confidence is destroyed, the people will no longer yield their support to a hopeless contest, and American liberty is no more. Through the darkness which shrouds our prospects, the ark of safety is visible. Despondency becomes not the dignity of our cause, nor the character of those who are its supporters.

Samuel Adams
And the beautiful open spaces, the forests of Pennsylvania, the recreational uses that come from having these green open spaces and forests, they contribute dramatically to the level of our tourism, dramatically.

Ed Rendell
- Beautiful
- Green
- Tourism
The most important thing is to just be good at what you do. You do a good job playing the character, and people will be taken up with your character, not your clothes.

Victoria Pratt
- People
- Up
- Good
I stuff animals I find; I do roadkill. They're strangely fun to have. They're like easy-to-control pets.

Padgett Powell
- Fun
- Control
- Find
The relationship between violence and nonviolence in this country is interesting. The fact of the matter is, you know, people do respond to riots. The 1968 Housing Act was in large response to riots that broke out after Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. They cited these as an actual inspiration.

Ta-Nehisi Coates