Quote for Today: Julian Barnes
Leave a commentSeptember 17, 2016 by katmcdaniel
For the point is this: not that myth refers us back to some original event which has been fancifully transcribed as it passed through collective memory; but that it refers us forward to something that will happen, that must happen. Myth will become reality, however sceptical we might be.
―Julian Barnes, A History of the World in 10½ Chapters
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