Eric Banks

“Art is not a mirror held up to reality
but a hammer with which to shape it.”
― Bertolt Brecht

“Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.”
― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

“Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.”
― George Orwell, Why I Write

“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”
― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist