HOWEVER FICKLE I SEEM,
MY HEART IS NEVER UNFAITHFUL:
OUT OF THE SLIME ITSELF,
SPOTLESS THE LOTUS GROWS.
japanese folk song

AND SO I CAPTURED THIS FANCY,
WHERE ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM,
IS BUT A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM.
tales of mystery and imagination
-edgar allen poe-

FORMERLY, WHEN RELIGION WAS STRONG AND SCIENCE WEAK,
MEN MISTOOK MAGIC FOR MEDICINE;
NOW, WHEN SCIENCE IS STRONG AND RELIGION WEAK,
MEN MISTAKE MEDICINE FOR MAGIC.
-thomas szasz