The solution to the problem of life is seen in the vanishing of the problem.

"Theologians talk about a prevenient grace that precedes grace itself and allows us to accept it. I think there must also be a prevenient courage that allows us to be brave - that is, to acknowledge that there is more beauty than our eyes can bear, that precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do great harm."

The past explains the present - that is the fundamental premise of evolutionary psychology.

Literature isn’t a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority of a voice, not the purity of a soul.