| 1 | I am mostly a colorist and I believe that abstractions with some narrative content are the most interest to me. | |
| 2 | The subject matter in the Bible is very adult, particularly in the narrative texts. | |
| 3 | But this narrative sounds hollow if it has no basis in reality. | |
| 4 | Most successful societies construct their narratives backward: Theorists concoct explanations for the achieved successes of these societies. | |
| 5 | A narrative theory is always talking with some satisfaction about how there's no such thing in fiction as irrelevant detail. |