how it has to be, it must have a meaning, yes, Our Lord must have given it meaning, they think, he writes straight on crooked lines, they think, or anyway the good Lord is part of it all somehow, and it’s the devil who made the lines
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“If anyone’s trying to use the Bible to justify any meanness to LGBTQ people, they’ve always got to go around Jesus. Being gay is natural; hating gay is a lifestyle choice. And unlike being gay, homophobia is highly curable.”
― Separation of Church and Hate
― Separation of Church and Hate
“what I want to show to other people has to do with light, or with darkness, it has to do with the shining darkness full as it is of nothingness, yes, it’s possible to think that way, to use such words,”
― The Other Name: Septology I-II
― The Other Name: Septology I-II
“I generally trust people who are seeking the truth; I tend to be wary of those who claim they’ve found it.”
― Separation of Church and Hate
― Separation of Church and Hate
“remember—if your church isn’t telling you to love your enemies but keeps telling you who your enemies are, you’re not really in a church.”
― Separation of Church and Hate
― Separation of Church and Hate
“Memories swell [like a bee sting],” he wrote. “When we first feel them in our skin there’s that breathcatching moment before knowing whether we’ll feel grief or joy.”
― The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood
― The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood
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