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grabbing hold of their greatest fears and exposing them for precisely what they are: shortcomings and miscalculations disguised as a perfect plan.
“Ursula craved solitude but she hated loneliness, a conundrum that she couldn’t even begin to solve.”
― Life After Life
― Life After Life
“Forgiveness is a big deal to Jesus, and like that guy in high school with a garage band, he talks about it, like, all the time.”
― Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
― Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
“Below birds crossing the lake of the sky
and purple martins on power lines, down
to the trees and one thing my brother said
that stays with me from Long Island to Vermont,
something about trees being conductors
of spirit ...”
― Ivory Cradle
and purple martins on power lines, down
to the trees and one thing my brother said
that stays with me from Long Island to Vermont,
something about trees being conductors
of spirit ...”
― Ivory Cradle
“O God, forgive me - I am a proud, lustful, greedy man. I have loved authority too much. These people are martyrs - protecting me with their own lives. They deserve a martyr to care for them - not a man like me, who loves all the wrong things.”
― The Power and the Glory
― The Power and the Glory
“For it’s exactly when we come closest to another, that we are turned away with a lie, and blunder forward to comprehend ourselves on the misperceptions of the past.”
― Harlot's Ghost
― Harlot's Ghost
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