“I could never work out whether we were to view religion as a life-insurance policy or a life sentence. I can understand a wrathful God who'd just as soon dangle us all from a hook. And I can understand a tender, unprejudiced Jesus. But I could never quite feature the two of them living in the same house. You wind up walking on eggshells, never knowing which... is at home at the moment.”
― The Poisonwood Bible
― The Poisonwood Bible
“From the ground, we stand. From our ships, we live. By the stars, we hope.”
― Record of a Spaceborn Few
― Record of a Spaceborn Few
“I didn’t want to be saved from myself. Nobody does! All we want is permission to stand there naked and be our damned selves.”
― The Wedding People
― The Wedding People
“...when everything else fails, we communicate in the language of the stars”
― Eva Luna
― Eva Luna
“Your husband is not going to take care of you the way you think,” Phoebe says. “Nobody can take care of you the way you need to take care of yourself. It’s your job to take care of yourself like that.”
― The Wedding People
― The Wedding People
Jackie’s 2025 Year in Books
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