Joseph Wright, Arkwright’s Cotton Mills by Night, c. 1782 The best one can hope for as a human is to have a relationship with that emptiness where God would be if God were available, but God isn’t. … He’s not available because he’s not a being of a kind that would fit into our availability. … If God were knowable, why would we believe in him? — Anne Carson * * * All religions [have] at least one common commandment: “Thou shalt not disfigure the soul.” — Frank Herbert, Dune...
