Quotes from Andrew Potter

The object of their desire, the "essential" core of life, is something called authenticity, and finding the authentic has become the foremost spiritual quest of our time. It is a quest fraught with difficulty, as it takes place at the intersection of some of our culture's most controversial issues, including environmentalism and the market economy, personal identity and the consumer culture, and artistic expression and the meaning of life.

The words, gestures, and threats of our officers were thrown away upon men who had lost all presence of mind and only longed for absence of body.