“Literature was not promulgated by a pale and emasculated critical priesthood singing their litanies in empty churches — nor is it a game for the cloistered elect, the tinhorn mendicants …
Day: February 27, 1980
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“I think that as he grew older his hold upon anything like a creed weakened, though he remained of the Unitarian philosophy concerning Christ. He did not latterly go to …
Peter De Vries
“What baffles me is the comfort people find in the idea that somebody dealt this mess. Blind and meaningless chance seems to me so much more congenial — or at …
Patton Oswalt
“My feelings on religion are starting to morph. I’m still very much an atheist, except that I don’t necessarily see religion as being a bad thing. … I’m almost saying …
Mikhail Baryshnikov
“I don’t believe in marriage in the conventional way. I am not [a] religious person, and marriage in front of [the] altar wouldn’t say anything to me.” …
David Friedrich Strauss
Jerome Kern
“His religion was his music and his lifestyle — his enjoyment of elegance and his voracious appetite for having a good time.” …
