“What is becoming more interesting than the myths themselves has been the study of how the myths were constructed from sparse or unpromising facts indeed, sometimes from no facts in a kind of mute conspiracy of longing, very rarely under anybody's conscious control.” KindHas BeensSometimesFactsInterestingStudyBecomingConsciousLongingMythConspiracyBecoming MoreMute Book:The Light of Other Days Source: The Light of Other Days
“At least since Darwin's day, we have known that all of us originally emerged from the sea. That fact may account for our abiding fascination with it, our longing to return there, whether to sail the main or merely contemplate its restless enormity.” MayFactsKnownSeaReturnAccountsLongingContemplatingSailRestlessFascinationAbiding Author:J. D. McClatchy