But words are imperfect, and our system of writing, for all its great glories, has its limitations in terms of its ability to describe creation in al… - Nick Drake

Do intellect and morality count for nothing in the way the future unfolds? [...] Greed is our king, and corruption is his servant.

My old friend. I know you see the reality of the streets, and the miseries of the people, and that is a valuable perspective. But remember the world of the wealthy, the priests and the nobles also suffers from dangerous tribulations. The two are not mutually exclusive.

Cruelty, rage, grief — and something others carelessly name evil — can reduce the strange collation of profanity and beauty which makes up each of us to an inanimate lump of decaying meat.