Childhood didn't have a big influence on me, really - in fact I spent most of it plotting how to escape.
“It will never do to plead sin as an excuse for sin, or to attempt to justify sinful acts by pleading that we have an evil heart. This instead of being a valid apology, is the very ground of our condemnation.”
“So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well.”