It Just So Happened That For Most

I Think I'm Fascinated By The Power Of Religion In Our Culture. Like A Lot Of Secular, Liberal People, I Ignored It For A Long Time. Lately, Of Course, Just From A Political Perspective, It's Impossible To Ignore.

I Did A Lot Of Reading Of The Bible And Became Fascinated With The Idea Of The Rapture. It's Pretty Wild. I Hadn't Heard Of It Until I Was In College.

It's Like The Human Race Has Been Programmed For Misery.

They Both Seemed To Understand That Describing It Was Beyond Their Powers, The Gratitude That Spreads Through Your Body When A Burden Gets Lifted, And The Sense Of Homecoming That Follows, When You Suddenly Remember What It Feels Like To Be Yourself.

I Read 'the Great Gatsby' In High School And Was Hypnotized By The Beauty Of The Sentences And Moved By The Story About The Irrevocability Of Lost Love.