Reading a file into a multidimensional array with Python

Question

If I have a text file like this:

Hello World
How are you?
Bye World

How would I read it into a multidimensional array like this:

Answer 1

Adding to the accepted answer:

with open("textFile.txt") as textFile:
    lines = [line.strip().split() for line in textFile]

This will remove '\n' if it is appended to the end of each line.