https://simonsarris.substack.com/p/in-praise-of-the-gods
“Fairy tales and Bildungsroman stories work so well because maturity is almost impossible to transmit rationally, but is a very compelling concept aesthetically.”
“…the first lesson a child learns from one hundred stories is that every thing you do will have unintended consequences”
“There is this tendency to think that you must understand everything, or that a thing must be proven, to enjoy it or derive serious meaning from it.”