"The organic unity of a work of literature cannot be taught - or, if it can, I have not discovered a..."

“The organic unity of a work of literature cannot be taught - or, if it can, I have not discovered a way to teach it. I can suggest from time to time that concrete image is not separate from character, which is revealed in dialogue and point of view, which may be illuminated by simile, which may reveal theme, which is contained in plot as water is contained in an apple. But I cannot tell you how to achieve this.”

- Janet Burroway