Faster - partially based on a gnostic poem?

[Mirbeau]

Wasn't quite sure where to put this but this was a funny little discovery I made today. It's pretty well documented that Richey read some fairly obscure religious texts, and relgious themes were pretty prevailant in his writing, so I wouldn't be suprised if he'd read 'The Thunder, Perfect Mind'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thunder,_Perfect_Mind


'...I am shame and boldness.
I am shameless; I am ashamed.
I am strength and I am fear.
I am war and peace.'

pretty similar?

sorry if someone has brought this one up before. And yes I did jump the gun and add that bit at the bottom of the wikipedia page...