Mythology Is Like Gravity, Inconvenient At Times,

Unless I Am What I Am And Feel What I Feel - As Hard As I Can And As Honestly And Truly As I Can - Then I Am Nothing. Let Me Feel Guilty ... Don't Try To Educate Me ... Don't Protect Me.

I Admire People Who Are Suited To The Contemplative Life. They Can Sit Inside Themselves Like Honey In A Jar And Just Be. It's Wonderful To Have Someone Like That Around, You Always Feel You Can Count On Them. You Can Go Away And Come Back, You Can Change Your Mind And Your Hairdo And Your Politics, And When You Get Through Doing All These Upsetting Things, You Look Around And There They Are, Just The Way They Were, Just Being.

Mythology Is Like Gravity, Inconvenient At Times, But Necessary For Cohesion.

The Maxims For Success Laid Out By The Powerful Are Never Much Good As Guides For Those Who Aren't Powerful.

Creeds And Causal Systems Have Argued With Each Other For Millennia, And Even So We And Our Ancestors Have Managed To Live In A World Of Differing Opinions. Philosophical Disputes Don't Often Affect The Price Of Fish Or Wine.