Quotes by Maureen Corrigan

I miss that world from the safe distance of memory.

I was assigned to the office of a recently deceased faculty member; the office hadnt been cleaned out yet, and a few days before the fall term began, I unlocked the door to find a dirty room whose bookshelves were crammed with empty bourbon bottles and crucifixes, mute testimony to the limits of literature as a sustaining comfort in life.

My students should be afraid: choosing what kind of work youll do to a great extent means choosing who youll be.

Whatever (its) virtues, (the) writing explores the culture of work but marginalizes work itself.

Social class. Class remains our national awkward topic, usually mumbled over in academic diversity workshops; indeed, most people dont know how to talk about class without automatically coupling it with race. Thats because we Americans are loath to recognize that the skys-the-limit potential we take as our birthright comes at a price far beyond what many Americans--of any race--can afford to pay.