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“Like, did anyone else notice that you can follow all of the good Christian rules and still be a huge dick about it? Seriously. I can say things right to your face that’ll make you want to slit your wrists, and I can do it with church-approved language, dripping with sweetness and an air of concern. I can lead you to believe God hates your guts and I can make you wish you were never born while I claim to “speak the truth in love,” promising that I only want what’s best for you.”
― The Very Worst Missionary: A Memoir or Whatever
― The Very Worst Missionary: A Memoir or Whatever
“No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“When you hold a child to your breast to nurse, the curve of the little head echoes exactly the curve of the breast it suckles, as though this new person truly mirrors the flesh from which it sprang.”
― Dragonfly in Amber
― Dragonfly in Amber
“Strangely, the longer I have walked with Jesus, the more strongly I feel that to align myself with the so-called good Christians is to stand in stark contrast against his teaching.”
― The Very Worst Missionary: A Memoir or Whatever
― The Very Worst Missionary: A Memoir or Whatever
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