Steven CarterThinkers

The Aphorism is only able to fill us up if it is able to famish us.

Art is superfluous—which is precisely why it’s necessary.

The Baby is born bald and serious. They know what’s coming.

Bad news is marked by a perversity. There is something in us that enjoys bringing it, even when it concerns ourselves.

The Body is a prison, and yet, we dread the moment when the cell door is flung open.

Christianity is a religion of substitutions: grape juice for wine... wine for blood... wafer for flesh... priest or pastor for saint... prayer for penitence.

Condemnation is therapeutic — Much can be tolerated by condemning it.

Condemnation enables us to tolerate a great deal.

Eternity is never finished as long as it keeps resonating in the reader's mind.

Faith is the mortal enemy of hope.

Hope is the mortal enemy of faith.