Goodwin Lu

“My hair is holy. I grow it long for the God.”
― Euripides, The Bacchae

“Young man,
two are the forces most precious to mankind.
The first is Demeter, the Goddess.
She is the Earth -- or any name you wish to call her --
and she sustains humanity with solid food.
Next came Dionysus, the son of the virgin,
bringing the counterpart to bread: wine
and the blessings of life's flowing juices.
His blood, the blood of the grape,
lightens the burden of our mortal misery.
Though himself a God, it is his blood we pour out
to offer thanks to the Gods. And through him, we are blessed.”
― Euripides, The Bacchae

“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.”
― Euripides, The Bacchae

“Sense is nonsense to a fool.”
― Robin Robertson, The Bacchae