BARNESTORMING

DRAMACAST

SUNSETS AND GLORIES

"Who knows what hellish chain of events will result from just one act of unconsidered goodness?"

From SUNSETS AND GLORIES:

Man reduced to his own resources is too wicked to be free. He must be governed...

I stand on this mountain and look out over a Universe robbed of salvation where human beings are so ugly they've stopped hating each other and hate themselves.

I've fallen too poor to be good. Never seem to be able to afford it...As for pity, it's something the strong give to those who they refuse to help.

Drink and women killed my father - he couldn't get enough of either, so he hung himself.

...I've found noting ever comes free. All free gifts have strings, so I always pay for them - it's cheaper.

I'll give you some hard wisdom, learnt the hard way, on my back. You're right to forgo copulation, if you can. I've spent long hard hours thinking about the problem. I ask, what good is copulation? What good is exploring forbidden orifices? Wat good is ecstacy? Saiety is quick and final . After the most sublime buttock-balling, everything returns - anxieties, debts, memories, old age, bad luck and worse breathe. The consolations of the carnal are fixed and short. Power is better. Power is better than your best copulating.

There's a danger in names: too many names and so few of them the same. Names make people think they're different. True worth lies in blood, not names.

Whereas the notion of portraying what happens to a good person was the genesis of THE RULING CLASS, the idea of dramatizing what happens when a good man obtains power was the genesis of SUNSETS AND GLORIES. (BD)

...what about the saint who became Pope?...