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“I suppose what's similar about being on actor and being a priest is a certain perception of time. Eternity is a priest's business. But we all live in time. And what I'm doing is trying to make people aware of how the two coexist. That's what religion is, keeping that sense of eternity while being in time; trying to live accordingly. The Kingdom of God is here, now. That's what that's all about.”
― Deirdre Madden, Molly Fox's Birthday

“Being able to understand it was of no great importance. We see no visions because we live in an age in which they are not permitted; but if we accepted the idea of them, who's to say what we wouldn't see? Marriage is no longer a mystical union but a social contract.”
― Deirdre Madden, Molly Fox's Birthday

“Sometimes the most important and powerful element is an absence, a lack, a burnished space in your mind that glows and aches as you try to fill it.”
― Deirdre Madden, Molly Fox's Birthday

“Rejection only made the attachment stronger. I realized that the impossibility of connection was a driving force behind his desire.”
― Deirdre Madden