People have a peculiar pleasure in making converts, that is, in causing others to enjoy what they enjoy, thus finding their own likeness represented and reflected back to them. – Johann von Goethe
In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma that is, the sacred lore of priests and people… and these stories afford the only explanation that is offered of the precepts of religion and the prescribed rules of ritual. – William Robertson Smith
I dont write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but thats it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed. – Barry Hannah
I have been thinking about the notion of perfect love as being without fear, and what that means for us in a world thats becoming increasingly xenophobic, tortured by fundamentalism and nationalism. – Bell Hooks
