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I would say year 20 through 29 of your life is basically going to consist of you throwing a bunch of shit on a wall and seeing what actually sticks. And then having to clean up what doesn’t.
“Lenson Ornill took in Grayland II’s words, their intent and meaning, what they boded for the church as he understood it, his faith as he had developed it, and the genesis of his engagement with both, trapped in that small cabin, struggling to breathe, all those many long years ago. And then, quite without meaning to, he uttered the words to encapsulate what he was feeling about each, in this one epochal moment.
“Well, fuck,” he said.”
― The Consuming Fire
“Well, fuck,” he said.”
― The Consuming Fire
“A church is an institution separate from the religion it serves. It’s filled with people. And you know how people are.”
― The Consuming Fire
― The Consuming Fire
“Don’t bring a spoon to a toothbrush fight,”
― The Consuming Fire
― The Consuming Fire
“Life with a cheat code isn't life. Our existence isn't something to be engineered or optimized for the avoidance of pain. That's what it is to be human - the beauty and the pain, each meaningless without the other.”
― Recursion
― Recursion
“That’s the point of rumors. They’re not based on anything, so nothing is very effective against them. Truth is no defense, and the people fielding these rumors know it.”
― The Consuming Fire
― The Consuming Fire
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