Share & Save
Meaning
Not documented yet.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About Jay Parini
American writer and academic
Jay Parini is an American writer and academic, known for fiction, poetry, biography, and criticism. He has published 96 quotes on the site. His work includes novels centered on Leo Tolstoy, Walter Benjamin, Paul the Apostle, and Herman Melville, along with a novelized memoir about a road trip with Jorge Luis Borges. Across these books, he often works at the border between literary history and imagined life, drawing on figures from the canon and the idea of the writer as subject.
More from Jay Parini (96 quotes) →More quotes by Jay Parini
- “I often think that the last holiday is the greatest, but then some really stand out in my mind. One of the be…”Jay Parini
- “American failures in Vietnam and Iraq suggest that it's not really possible to create and sustain a proxy gov…”Jay Parini
- “Who was Jesus anyway? After twenty centuries, there is not much anyone can agree on. The four canonical gospe…”Jay Parini
- “'Of Mice and Men,' Steinbeck's fifth novel, adheres to a simple dramatic structure, which observes the classi…”Jay Parini
Explore Easter
- “In our family, and not just us but even with my cousins, uncles and aunts, we celebrate every festival - be i…”Ananya Panday
- “Fortunately, the DC Universe is full enough and replete enough with every kind of character that you could wa…”Marc Guggenheim
- “My passion was to be on Broadway and to be part of this community because I saw what it was like from the out…”Max von Essen
Explore Spring
- “We all have rooms in our homes that could benefit from a good spring-cleaning.”Gabe Kapler
- “Poetry is –raw feelings as sunny summer,fiery turmoil as vibrant autumn,daunting revelation as stormy winter,…”Gloria D. Gonsalves
- “I have goals I want to set throughout the spring, certain plate appearances, just getting on time. It takes a…”Marcus Semien
READ THE SOURCE
Books by Jay Parini
The last station
1990
Promised Land
2008
Empire of self
2015
John Steinbeck
1994
The Apprentice Lover
2002