As a child I became a confirmed believer in the ancient gods simply because as between the reality … - Kathleen Raine

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Any consideration of the life and larger social existence of the modern corporate man begins and also largely ends with the effect of one all-embracing force. That is organization - the highly structured assemblage of men, and now some women, of which he is a part. It is to this, at the expense of family, friends, sex, recreation and sometimes health and effective control of alcoholic intake, that he is expected to devote his energies.

Kathleen Raine

As a child I became a confirmed believer in the ancient gods simply because as between the reality of fact and the reality f myth, I chose myth. . . Myth is the truth of fact, not fact the truth of myth.

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I've read all the books but one Only remains sacred: this Volume of wonders, open Always before my eyes.

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. . . the poem reminds us of what we ourselves know, but did not know we knew; reminds us, above all, of what we are.

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Intent on one great love, perfect, Requited and for ever, I missed love's everywhere Small presence, thousand-guised.

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