Facsimiles Quotes

“... I think it possible that I have watched too many blue movies for it to have a lasting hold on me. If you grow accustomed to wall-to-wall, even the slightest shred of mystery or plot can become an agitation. Who cares why these people have found themselves in this banal, suburban tract home in Burbank? He is not a delivery man; she is not a bored housewife. They are not the stars---their orifices are. Let them open.”
― Maggie Nelson, Bluets

“I cannot create greatness as I can only create weak facsimiles. And in sorting through the innumerable facsimiles around me, I will only happen upon true greatness when I happen upon the true God.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Mankind cannot manufacture hope. Rather, it creates an innumerable array of ingeniously crafted facsimiles that are quite captivating. And it is Christmas that answers the question of what all of these facsimiles were attempting to replicate, and it is Christmas that illustrates how badly mankind has failed in the attempt.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The foundational principles and timeless values that hold the entirety of this existence in balance are massive in size and complex beyond comprehension. Therefore, to live with the illusion that we can trade them out in favor of self-serving facsimiles is to run a fool’s errand in the destruction of a deteriorating culture.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough