For some strange reason murder has always seemed more respectable than fornication. Few people are shocked when they hear God described as the God of Battles; but what an outcry there would be if anyone spoke of him as the God of Brothels.


The collected works of Aldous Huxley (ed. 1956)


For some strange reason murder has always seemed more respectable than fornication. Few people are shocked when they hear God described as the God of ...

For some strange reason murder has always seemed more respectable than fornication. Few people are shocked when they hear God described as the God of ...

For some strange reason murder has always seemed more respectable than fornication. Few people are shocked when they hear God described as the God of ...

For some strange reason murder has always seemed more respectable than fornication. Few people are shocked when they hear God described as the God of ...