Literature transforms and intensifies ordinary language, deviates systematically from everyday speech. If you approach me at a bus stop and murmur Thou still unravished bride of quietness, then I am instantly aware that I am in the presence of the literary.
Terry EagletonIf it is true that we need a degree of certainty to get by, it is also true that too much of the stuff can be lethal.
Terry EagletonMan eternally tries to get back to an organic past that has slipped just beyond his reach.
Terry EagletonThe political currents that topped the global agenda in the late 20th century - revolutionary nationalism, feminism and ethnic struggle - place culture at their heart.
Terry Eagleton