The gods embody the paradoxes that make life meaningful. - Wendy Doniger

"The gods embody the paradoxes that make life meaningful."

Wendy Doniger Truth

Historian of Religion American Born 1940 (age 86)

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"The gods love to play games, and we are caught in those games"

"Mythology is not a lie; mythology is a way of understanding the world"

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there"

"Texts are not sacred; people are sacred"

"Lucy, you got some 'splainin' to do!"

"You must always be honest with the people you love."

"Truth always comes out in the end."

"Honesty is always the best policy."