To cite Enzo Ferrari, we will always sell one less Ferrari than the market wants, that's a policy that will never change.
It [Adam's act] cast off the authority of God, usurped his prerogative, and gave the mind up to the dominion of natural desire
He that disobeys God, rejects his reign; and so God views it
As we lose our vagueness about ourself, our values, our life situation, we become available to the moment. It is there, in the particular, that we contact the creative self. Art lies in the moment of encounter: we meet our truth and we meet ourselves; we meet ourselves and we meet our self-expression.
Many couples, many people, are not living with real human beings, but with their ghosts. Who has not followed for years the spell of a particular tone of voice, from voice to voice, as the fetishist follows a beautiful foot, scarcely seeing the woman herself? A voice, a mouth, an eye, all stemming from the original fountain of our first desire, directing it, enslaving us, until we choose to unravel the fatal web and free ourselves.
I believe that we must maintain pride in the knowledge that the actions we take, based on our own decisions and choices as individuals, link directly to the magnificent challenge of transforming human history.
Now the tattoos," Zia announced. "Brilliant!" I said. "On your tongue," she added. "Excuse me?