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"And this is no kind of cosmic struggle; as in Revelation 12, the battle is one-sided, and victory is so swift and decisive that John has no time to describe it." — May 30, 2024 07:34PM
"And this is no kind of cosmic struggle; as in Revelation 12, the battle is one-sided, and victory is so swift and decisive that John has no time to describe it." — May 30, 2024 07:34PM
It’s the gospel before the gospel, a fierce bright shout of triumph thirty weeks before Bethlehem, thirty years before Cal-vary and Easter. It goes with a swing and a clap and a stamp. It’s all about God, and it’s all about revolution. And
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“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
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“Nothing you have not given away will ever really be yours.”
― Mere Christianity
― Mere Christianity

“Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.”
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“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring

“All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
― Worstward Ho
― Worstward Ho

Described credibly as the greatest living writer of English, Gene Wolfe writes, fulfills, and transcends genres such Science Fiction, Speculative Fict ...more
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