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A stab right in the center of his gut reminded Brodie that such thoughts weren't exactly Christlike, especially toward his own brother. The niggle of his conscience persisted as the Holy Spirit’s conviction pressed.
“Time itself is one more name for death.”
― A Grief Observed
― A Grief Observed
“A golden light fell on them from the left. He thought it was the sun...It was from the Lion that the light came. No one ever saw anything more terrible or beautiful.”
― The Horse and his Boy
― The Horse and his Boy
“And grief still feels like fear. Perhaps, more strictly, like suspense. Or like waiting; just hanging about waiting for something to happen. It gives life a permanently provisional feeling. It doesn't seem worth starting anything. I can't settle down. I yawn, fidget, I smoke too much. Up till this I always had too little time. Now there is nothing but time. Almost pure time, empty successiveness.”
― A Grief Observed
― A Grief Observed
“I need Christ, not something that resembles Him.”
― A Grief Observed
― A Grief Observed
“They both began to giggle and then they fell into a side splitting round of laughter, the cleansing, complete sort of laughter only a mother and daughter can share.”
― Even Now
― Even Now
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