Quote by Aldous Huxley

Katy was neither a Methodist nor a Masochist. She was a goddess and the silence of goddesses is genuinely golden. None of your superficial plating. A solid, twenty-two-carat silence all the way through. The Olympian's trap is kept shut, not by an act of willed discretion, but because there's really nothing to say. Goddesses are all of one piece. There's no internal conflict in them. Whereas the lives of people like you and me are one long argument. Desires on one side, woodpeckers on the other. Never a moment of real silence.

Katy was neither a Methodist nor a Masochist. She was a godd

Summary

This quote highlights the contrast between Katy, depicted as a goddess, and ordinary individuals like the speaker and the reader. Katy's silence is portrayed as genuine and solid, symbolizing the completeness and lack of internal conflict in goddesses. Unlike humans, who constantly grapple with desires and various distractions, goddesses remain composed and unruffled. Their silence isn't a result of a deliberate choice but rather a consequence of having nothing to say. The quote suggests that the absence of internal strife is what makes the goddesses' silence truly valuable, setting them apart from the constant inner conflicts experienced by ordinary people.

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By Aldous Huxley

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