Quotes by : Jay Parini

The whole Christmas story was probably a later addition to the gospel narratives, presented only by the....

Colleges and classrooms should be havens of tranquility, places where thoughtful discussions occur, where....

Good and productive labor is valuable, and it doesn't mean you have to have a fancy job description.....

I have written about some truly great writers - John Steinbeck, Robert Frost, and William Faulkner. Faulkner....

A proper respect for nature means that you can't pollute the air, poison the rivers and chop down the....

We should never forget that Americans continue to advocate for individual liberty, equality and self-governance.....

Test-oriented teaching strikes me as anti-educational, a kind of unpleasant game that subverts the real....

Christmas is a story that has both religious and pagan origins, and to ignore its power is to ignore....

We are a nation of immigrants, a quilt of many colors, and we've managed over more than two centuries....

I came to know Gore Vidal in the mid-1980s, when I was living in southern Italy, virtually a neighbour,....