The slogan of Hell: Eat or be eaten. The slogan of Heaven: Eat and be eaten.
To hunt for symbols in a fairy tale is absolutely fatal.
In the end, art is small beer. The really serious things are earning one's living so as not to be a parasite and loving one's neighbor.
Genealogies are admirable things, provided they do not encourage the curious delusion that some families are older than others.
To be happy means to be free, not from pain or fear, but from care or anxiety.
Drama is based on the Mistake.