The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual - when it begins to ignore the passions the emotions - it becomes sterile silly and actually without substance.
Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.
When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the...
Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly but we consider it false and despise its adherents.