"Once one has realized, following the great English literary visionaries William Shakespeare and Thomas Nashe, that sexual puritanism, political disciplinarianism, and abuse of the poor are the result of the refusal of true Christianity ... one is led to articulate a more incarnate, more participatory, more aesthetic, more erotic, more socialized, even a more 'Platonic' Christianity."

-- John Milbank

#Political Quotes #Erotic Quotes #Abuse Quotes

“I support any Muslims, whether here or abroad.”
“The art of life consists in taking each event which befalls us with a contented mind, confident of good. ... With this method ... rejoice always, though in the midst of sorrows, and possess all things, though destitute of everything.”
“Learn to be satisfied. It is just as easy as being dissatisfied-and much more pleasant.”
“Cigarettes are not a part of human behaviour, they are a habit.”

Source : "'I felt I had befouled myself'". Interview with Duncan Campbell, www.theguardian.com. January 30, 2004.
“... no effort based on love is wasted.”
“I don't have friends, and it's hard for me to make new friends. Right now, the people that are in my life are the people that I work with.”
“I go to sleep at night, and I feel like I just dreamed the whole day.”
“Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.”

Source : Hotel du Lac (1984) ch. 7

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