“It is splendid to be a great writer, to put men into the frying pan of your words and make them pop like chestnuts. There must be delirious pride in the feeling that you are bringing the full weight of your ideas to bear on mankind. But for that you must have something to say.” [...]

I know people who read the Bible everyday, trying to find spirituality, encouragement, knowledge — or something similar. Like the following from 1 John 4:9-10: “We love Him because He first loved us.” Ah, isn’t that sweet and inspirational. Yet, I have no fucking idea what to do with it. Just because someone loves you, [...]