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God or Nothing

by Robert Sarah

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Oct 31, 2019 08:58PM

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“Every story is the sound of a storyteller begging to stay alive.”
― Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue

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“No one told her finishing the book would leave her so bereft. It was as though she’d said goodbye for the last time to a close friend.”
― Madeline Martin, The Last Bookshop in London

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“There are many voices Hitler would quiet, especially those who are Jewish.” Mr. Evans slid the new book reverently beside the others. “It is the duty of the rest of the world to ensure they will never be silenced.” He tapped a yellow spine with Almansor in gilt at its top. “‘Where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people as well.’ Heinrich Heine isn’t Jewish, but his ideals go against what Hitler believes.”
― Madeline Martin, The Last Bookshop in London

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“In the times of greatest darkness, the light always shines through, because there are people who stand up to do brave, decent things.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Forest of Vanishing Stars

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“Dear reader, you have to understand the point of all these stories. What they add up to. Schererazade was trying to make the king human again. She made him love life by showing him all of it, the funny parts about poop, the dangerous parts with demons, even the boring parts about what makes marriages last.

Little by little, he began to feel the joy and sadness of others.

He became less immune, less numb, because of the stories.”
― Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue

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