It was 1963, and 16-year-old Bruce McAllister was sick of symbol-hunting in English class. Rather than quarrel with his teacher, he went straight to the source: McAllister mailed a crude, four-question survey to 150…
During a discussion post today, one girl comments (in regards to the question: what’s you’re favorite quote?):
“I’m not much of a reader, so I don’t know a lot of stories or novels to quote from.”
She mentioned the Scarlet Letter, because it was the only book she could remember.
No shame.
(via literary-adoration)
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