The trivialization of life is perhaps the strongest antimystical force among us. Some people are literally obsessed by the compulsion to trivialize everything. . . . One can try to think, feel, experience, and communicate everything, but the moment such expressions see the light of day, they are robbed of their significance and meaning and are thrown on the dump. They have no cash value in relation to the currency that dominates our culture. "It amounts to nothing" expresses exactly the reality of this domination; it is of no value because it does not pay.
— Dorothee Soelle, The Silent Cry