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“I will not die for a long time." Joseph tugged at his gray beard. "My beard goes white, but there's a lot of life in me yet."
"Don't be so sure, Abba," Joshua said.
Joseph dropped the bowl he was working on and stared into his hands. "Run away and play, you two," he said, his voice little more than a whisper.
Joshua stood and walked away. I wanted to throw my arms around the old man, for I had never seen a grown man afraid before and it frightened me too. "Can I help?" I said, pointing to the half-finished bowl that lay in Joseph's lap.
"You go with Joshua. He needs a friend to teach him to be human. Then I can teach him to be a man.”
― Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
"Don't be so sure, Abba," Joshua said.
Joseph dropped the bowl he was working on and stared into his hands. "Run away and play, you two," he said, his voice little more than a whisper.
Joshua stood and walked away. I wanted to throw my arms around the old man, for I had never seen a grown man afraid before and it frightened me too. "Can I help?" I said, pointing to the half-finished bowl that lay in Joseph's lap.
"You go with Joshua. He needs a friend to teach him to be human. Then I can teach him to be a man.”
― Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
“This is the reason why our Theology is certain: because it seizes us from ourselves and places us outside ourselves.”
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“I'm not going to make a big deal about a few tummy flutters because...dead people, old people, even furniture would get butterflies if they met this guy.”
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“Oh God, what's wrong with me? Why does nothing ever work out?”
― Bridget Jones’s Diary
― Bridget Jones’s Diary
“The very simple meaning of what Moses says, therefore, is this: everything that is, was created by God.”
― Lectures on Genesis: Chapters 15-20
― Lectures on Genesis: Chapters 15-20
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