“Humans feel bereft of meaning; you need this mythology to shape the skeleton of your lives. Without myths, how can anyone live in this world and feel fulfilled?”
Source: Flies to Wanton Boys
“flurry of tuna that ate a caduceus because they had a lot of mercury in them”
Source: The Satyrist...And Other Scintillating Treats
“The God of the Underworld would definitely regret meeting the Goddess of Spring-and she looked forward to that day.”
“I'm ending this.'
'No. Come on. It's not worth it.'
'You are,' he said fiercely, looking at her.
'You're worth it.”
Source: Eleanor & Park
“Water would fuck up a phone-person. A celestial being wouldn’t personify an inanimate, man-made object; that’s just stupid. They could only take the form of an idea.”
Source: In Limbo
“Longer metaphors, in the form of stories, allow more sophisticated relationships: […] In planning, the boundaries between myth, history and fiction are not so consequential as one might think.”
Source: City as Landscape: A Post Post-Modern View of Design and Planning
“Quite soon, she would tell the secret. Mrs. Chapman put away her work in the long, wooden chest in her bedroom. For a few minutes, she peered through the frosty glass of her bedroom window, watching the snow tumble, earthwards. Then, the last drop of light was squeezed out from and ink black sky”
“Partake in reality as an actor in a theatrical play: with attention, dedication and an open heart. But never believe yourself to be your character, for characters spend their lives chasing their own shadows, whereas actors embody the meaning of existence.”
Source: More Than Allegory: On Religious Myth, Truth And Belief
“Our myth-making capacity may be our key role in the dance of existence.”
Source: More Than Allegory: On Religious Myth, Truth And Belief
“Therefore, even for those lucky souls who receive the grace of experiencing a transcendent truth directly, the religious myth remains an important reminder; an important link to transcendence that infuses meaning into earthly life after one’s cognitive vantage point returns to the intellect. The pointing finger now says: ‘Look! You’ve been there! Never forget what you knew to be true then!”
Source: More Than Allegory: On Religious Myth, Truth And Belief