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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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“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
“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
“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
“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 crooked, they think and they hold onto their cigarettes and pints and then they pray a silent prayer, a prayer more like a look out over the sea inside them, wordless, but as far as the eye can reach over that sea the prayer extends, entirely wordless, because the words will be left behind, definitely, but there must be a port for people like them too, they’re probably thinking, and then they feel a prick of something like fear so they raise their pint and have a taste of beer, the good old taste, it gives them a sense of security, I”
― The Other Name: Septology I-II
― The Other Name: Septology I-II
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