catetonichism

"Im a liar, a hypocrite, I'm afraid of my own shadow, I never tell the truth- I don't have the courage.  When I see a woman go by, I blush and lower my head, but my eyes fill with lust.  I never lift my hand to plunder or to thrash or kill- not because I don't want to but because I'm afraid.  I want to rebel against my mother, the centurion, God- but I'm afraid.  Afraid!  Afraid!  If you look inside me you'll see Fear, a trembling rabbit, sitting in my bowels- Fear, nothing else.  That is my father, my mother and my God."

-Jesus of Nazareth

The Last Temptation of Christ

Nikos Kazantzakis

1960