Phil Gerkin

“I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“She smiled. “Life is full of stories. Or maybe life is only stories. Good night, my dear Nao.”
― Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being

“Sometimes when she told stories about the past her eyes would get teary from all the memories she had, but they weren't tears. She wasn't crying. They were just the memories, leaking out.”
― Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being

“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”
― Soren Kierkegaard