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“The teaching of celibacy was created neither by the Church Fathers nor by the later Church leaders, as most people believe.”
― Celibacy: a Godsend or a Life-Undermining Practice
― Celibacy: a Godsend or a Life-Undermining Practice
“It is not difficult to see that if everyone were to follow Paul’s personal example of celibacy, his idea of holiness, and his dream of celibate society, the human race would in no time be wiped off the face of the Earth.”
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“....time remembered does not flow smoothly at all. If you are going to imagine sand seeping through an hourglass, then you'd do better to think of it as having grown damp, somehow. Instead of memories trickling through in an orderly fashion, there are long, sticky periods when nothing happens at all, followed by a sudden whoosh in which certain events burst forth in vivid, granular detail.”
― The Truants
― The Truants
“Home is where they want you to stay longer.”
― Revival
― Revival
“So much of life was the peeling away of illusions.”
― We Are Not Ourselves
― We Are Not Ourselves
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