Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only see their narrow range reflected in it.
The greatest religions convert the world through stories.
An inner darkness is darker than an outer darkness.
A man must be able to hold his drink because drunkenness is sometimes necessary in this difficult life.
A man's greatest battles are the ones he fights within himself.
To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself. Beware of the storytellers who are not fully conscious of the importance of their gifts, and who are irresponsible in the application of their art: they