People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within.

Can true function arise from basic dysfunction?

There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.

She'll die.' 'Aye. That's a consequence of being alive.

And though I came to forget or regret all I have ever done, yet would I remember that once I saw the dragons aloft on the wind at sunset above the western isles; and I would be content.

Virginity is now a mere preamble or waiting room to be got out of as soon as possible; it is without significance.

I suppose the most important thing, the heaviest single factor in one's life, is whether one's born male or female. In most societies it determines one's expectations, activities, outlook, ethics, manners - almost everything. Vocabulary. Semiotic usages. Clothing. Even food. Women... women tend to eat less... It's extremely hard to separate the innate differences from the learned ones. Even where women participate equally with men in the society, they still after all do all the childbearing, and so most of the child-rearing.