AND SO, EARTH CONTINUED TO shake off the irritants that had plagued her since the rise of the Industrial Age…”
— Barbatus the Elder
Quotes
Bio Mass
I AM A FANTASY WRITER; that is to say, I fantasize about people reading my writings.”
–Your author, in a truth-pensive mood
Smoky Mirrors
RED SUN AT MORNING,
CLIMATE change warning.”
Another Eleventh Commandment
Don’t let the plot get in the way of the story.”
— Anon.
Highways and Thyways
The road to a friend’s house is never long.”
— Dave Chavoya
Basic Training
Hatch ’em, match ’em, dispatch ’em.”
— My friend, the Rev. JT, deconstructing pastors’ duty toward their flock
On the Other Hand…
My point, once again, is not that those ancient people told literal stories and we are now smart enough to take them symbolically, but that they told them symbolically and we are now dumb enough to take them literally.”
— John Dominic Crossan
The Order of the Stinking Rose
There is no such thing as ‘too much garlic.'”
— Your author, in a culinarily inspired moment
“Strangers Stopping Strangers, Just to Shake Their Hand…”
Well, I ain’t often right, but I’ve never been wrong —
It seldom turns out the way it does in the song.
Once in a while, you get shown the light
In the strangest of places, if you look at it right…”
— Robert Hunter, a”h
A Universe Full Of “Learn Here” Stickers
There was a time when every brief saying one heard was regarded as a ‘Torah’ (teaching, guidance), and everything one saw was perceived as an instruction in his Avoda (worship, service) and conduct.”
–Daily Hayom Yom newsletter
…And Editor
If truth is stranger than fiction, it is because it has a better and more creative author.”
— Jeff Forsythe
The Opposite of Hubris
The greatest mystery is not that we have been flung at random between the profusion of matter and of the stars, but that within this prison we can draw from ourselves images powerful enough to deny our nothingness.”
— Andre Malraux