I see them as the product of a developing tradition and as powerfully true metaphorical narratives.
“In reading a novel, any novel, we have to know perfectly well that the whole thing is nonsense, and then, while reading, believe every word of it.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
― The Left Hand of Darkness
“He was talking about the easiest way to tell if someone is insane. It's not the way they look, talk, or behave. The most common trait in insane people is that they think they aren't insane. According to the Pillar's nonsensical logic, we're all insane. The only way to survive insanity is to admit it.”
― Insanity
― Insanity
“truth didn’t mean anything without someone to share it with; you could shout truth into the air forever, and spend your life doing it, if someone didn’t come and listen.”
― Uprooted
― Uprooted
“A particular young woman became critically important in the working out of our salvation precisely because she was and remains a woman. Thus, all women—because they are women—share in the honor and dignity of that one young woman. It was a young woman that the Creator of the universe chose, and upon whose word he waited, before the course of salvation could continue.”
― The Rosary Handbook: A Guide for Newcomers, Old-Timers, and Those in Between
― The Rosary Handbook: A Guide for Newcomers, Old-Timers, and Those in Between
“Art isn’t explanation. Art is what an artist does, not what an artist explains.”
― No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters
― No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters
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