Patrick Sprunger

“They Say God is good all the time. Seem he also likes irony.”
― P. Djèlí Clark, Ring Shout

“This they tell, and whether it happened so or not I do not know; but if you think about it, you can see that it is true.”
― Black Elk, Black Elk Lives: Conversations with the Black Elk Family

“There's nothing like martyrdom for bringing people together. It's an exalted feeling to be persecuted for righteousness' sake. As Christ remarks, theirs is the kingdom of heaven . . . Without Rome's inspired persecution, Christianity would have been just another cult from the East. But Rome fed us to the lions, and made saints of us. People want to be saints, if it can be done without dieting."

Peter at once retaliated with his own pointed observation. "It's a nice theory, but I don't notice that you ever put yourself in jeopardy of arrest. You don't lie down in front of the police cars. You don't handcuff yourself to the clinic's front door. Is martyrdom a privilege reserved for the laity these days?"

"The Bishop hasn't required such a sacrifice of me yet."

"And you just follow orders?"

"That's how hierarchy works . . ."

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― Thomas M. Disch, The Priest

“O foolish man, for God doth detect every nuance of the sick will!”
― Thomas Berger, Arthur Rex