“That’s what the human brain is there for, to turn the chaos of
given experience into a set of manageable symbols.
Sometimes the symbols correspond fairly closely to some of the aspects of
the external reality behind our experience; then you have science and common sense.
Sometimes, on the contrary, the symbols have almost no connection with
external reality; then you have paranoia and delirium.
More often there’s a mixture, part realistic and part fantastic; that’s religion.”