Philip Pullman
"We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever."
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Great quote! even as a Christian, I can relate to this because I believer the commandments were only meant to bring humanity to a place of openness to the Grand Narrative.
ReplyDelete"believer" ?!?
ReplyDeleteSome day we'll get a real good spell/grammer checker that will catch errors like that Pete.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by and continuing the narrative!