Anne Rice Quotes About Authority

Quotes about: Authority

• The young know how truly difficult and dreadful youth can be. Their youth is wasted on everyone else, that's the horror. The young have no authority, no respect.

  Anne Rice

  School, Dignity, Youth

  Anne Rice (1992). “The Tale of the Body Thief”, A.A. Knopf Canada

• …being an atheist required discipline very like that of being Catholic. One could never yield to the idea of a supernatural authority, no matter how often one might be tempted. To think that a personal God had made the world was to yield to a demonic and superstitious and destructive belief.

  Anne Rice

  Atheist, Thinking, Ideas

  Anne Rice (2013). “Called Out of Darkness: A Spiritual Confession”, p.129, Random House

• I think there is a modern temper. The authority figures we revered in the past are all up for grabs - they're gone. We are groping for meaning in a world where some of our gods have died. We're asking ourselves, 'Who is our true brother and sister, where is our true home?' The modern tempter is our struggle to lead meaningful lives, and even if we don't believe in religion, we can reach down and hold on to our core values for guidance.

  Anne Rice

  Meaningful, Brother, Believe

  Source: chicagoist.com

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