Barbara Johnson
Barbara Johnson
Barbara Johnsonwas an American literary critic and translator, born in Boston. She was a Professor of English and Comparative Literature and the Fredric Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society at Harvard University. Her scholarship incorporated a variety of structuralist and poststructuralist perspectives—including deconstruction, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and feminist theory—into a critical, interdisciplinary study of literature. As a scholar, teacher, and translator, Johnson helped make the theories of French philosopher Jacques Derrida accessible to English-speaking audiences in the United States...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCritic
Date of Birth4 October 1947
CountryUnited States of America
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to go there right away.
Once a reporter stood in front of a fire as it consumed a house and then he turned to see the homeowners and their little son watching it burn. The reporter, fishing for a human interest angle, said to the boy, "Son, it looks like you don't have a home anymore." The little boy promptly answered, "Oh, yes, we have a home. We just don't have a house to put it in."
God will never let you sink under your circumstances. He always provides a safety net and His love always encircles.
Your face is a billboard advertising your philosophy of life!
violets are God's apology for February ...
My karma just ran over my dogma.
As you're rushing through life, take time to stop a moment, look into people's eyes, say something kind, and try to make them laugh!
Smile...it kills time between disasters.
Life is too short to spend it being angry, bored, or dull.
True love doesn't have a happy ending, because true love never ends. Letting go is one way of saying I love you.
Kids can be a pain in the neck when they're not a lump in your throat.
Change is a process not an event.
We can choose to gather to our hearts the thorns of disappointment, failure, loneliness, and dismay in our present situation. Or we can gather the flowers of God's grace, boundless love, abiding presence, and unmatched joy. I choose to gather the flowers.
The attitude of kindness is everyday stuff like a great pair of sneakers. Not frilly. Not fancy. Just plain and comfortable.