When humans become gods, when our wings grow so great as to beat about the very edges of the earth, no one can answer but us.

In the old fairy tales, often a 'moral' was tacked on at the end of the story - say, if a book was going to be marketed to young readers. And the morals don't really suit the stories at all, which makes them super weird - part of why I love the tradition so much. I do play with this, though I am more concerned with ethics than morals.

Books are no different from goats! They enjoy an afternoon out on the lawn.

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