"I’m certainly not the only one who found studying some of the greatest works of literature in school..."

“I’m certainly not the only one who found studying some of the greatest works of literature in school to be one of the biggest tortures a 14 year old could endure because if you tell someone what is good and why they should think it’s good a lot of people are going to do the opposite. The only way I came to love most literature was when I thought I had found it for myself and the same happened with short stories.”

- Joelle Jeffires: “Short and Sweet”

(via themissourireview)