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Book cover for The Other Name: Septology I-II
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 ...more
Patrick Shea
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John Fugelsang
“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.”
John Fugelsang, Separation of Church and Hate

Jon Fosse
“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,”
Jon Fosse, The Other Name: Septology I-II

John Fugelsang
“I generally trust people who are seeking the truth; I tend to be wary of those who claim they’ve found it.”
John Fugelsang, Separation of Church and Hate

John Fugelsang
“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.”
John Fugelsang, Separation of Church and Hate

Sam Wasson
“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.”
Sam Wasson, The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood

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