Leaving Alexandria Quotes

“We know you are going to be enthralled by the mystery of sexuality, which is hardly surprising since it is the energy of life itself. We know it will have the power to take you over for it's own purposes, and we know you won't always be able to resist it. Try at least to think about its possible consequences. Recognise that sex has the potential to hurt and devastate, as well as the capacity to thrill. Understand that it will get all tied up with your need for consolation and acceptance. And never forget the sheer fucking insanity of it all.”
― Richard Holloway, Leaving Alexandria: A Memoir of Faith and Doubt

“The power of myth lies in its ability to represent ourselves to ourselves. A myth is a story that expresses, but does not explain a universal human experience...The best myths have immediacy. We get them, see ourselves through them. They are mirrors.”
― Richard Holloway, Leaving Alexandria: A Memoir of Faith and Doubt

“My sorrow was to feel drawn to a life I was incapable of sustaining.”
― Richard Holloway, Leaving Alexandria: A Memoir of Faith and Doubt

“I, an unstable and uncertain man, had been steered into leadership in an institution that laid claim to transcendental levels of stability and certainty. Maybe that was one of the attractions, but it would not have needed a clairvoyant to predict that there would be trouble ahead.”
― Richard Holloway, Leaving Alexandria: A Memoir of Faith and Doubt