Priestly Society

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“Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.”
—Gore Vidal (b. 1925)

“He was all for catharsis and purification, he dreamed of an aesthetic consecration that should cleanse society of luxury, the greed of gold and all unloveliness.”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)