“I think we're going back to the way things use to be, before a bunch of European intellectuals in tights decided to draw a line between what's rational and what's not. I don't think our ancestors thought the distinction was necessary.”

G. Willow Wilson

G. Willow Wilson - “I think we're going back to the way...” 1

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