The biological evolutionary perception of life and of human qualities is radically different from that of traditional religion, whether its Southern Baptist or Islam or any religion that believes in a supernatural supervalance over humanity. – E. O. Wilson
Beauty is the result of having been through an experience all the way through to the end – therefore it has a poignancy. Beauty that is singular always comes from following an experience to the point where you can go no further. – Joan Chen
It sometimes seems to me (it is an error, I confess, but one into which I am for ever falling) that poetry is no longer anything more than an imitation of poetry… – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)
