When A Symbol Is More Than An Invention

'Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols 

in which to invest passion and authority, 

then forgets that symbols are inventions.'

-Joyce Carol Oates

Slurping On Freud

"All of my life I have been terrible
at remembering people's names.
Once I introduced a friend of mine
as 'Martini', her name was actually 'Olive'"
-Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968) Hollywood actress