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"“For centuries it was the pastor’s defined task to ‘prepare people for a good death.’ It is still not an unworthy goal for pastoral work. The true absurdity, though, is not death itself, but the speaking lives so many people lead.”" — Mar 13, 2026 02:49PM
"“For centuries it was the pastor’s defined task to ‘prepare people for a good death.’ It is still not an unworthy goal for pastoral work. The true absurdity, though, is not death itself, but the speaking lives so many people lead.”" — Mar 13, 2026 02:49PM
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"I have finished the Inferno. I fell behind on the reading plan—the last 8 cantos of inferno are increasingly unpleasant 👀" — Mar 11, 2026 07:41AM
"I have finished the Inferno. I fell behind on the reading plan—the last 8 cantos of inferno are increasingly unpleasant 👀" — Mar 11, 2026 07:41AM
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"I think we underestimate how good Tolkien is for the soul and how Middle-Earth helps us understand life under the sun." — Jan 23, 2026 09:58AM
"I think we underestimate how good Tolkien is for the soul and how Middle-Earth helps us understand life under the sun." — Jan 23, 2026 09:58AM
“Next thing he was on his back, conscious only of a fertile nausea and an awful groaning, such as sick cats make, and of the ale man kneeling above, pinching Lurvy’s nose shut and kissing him like the world would end. (“Did you kiss him back?” Swede said, aghast;”
― Peace Like a River
― Peace Like a River
“You’ve written all these pages and nobody’s been killed.’ ‘I have to set the scene! And anyway, you know perfectly well that there’s more to a novel – even a crime novel – than violent death. It’s all about character and atmosphere and language. Why do you think people read Jane Austen? She wrote thousands of pages and she never felt the need to murder anyone.’ ‘Actually, that’s not true. Anna Parker murdered both her parents and she was planning to do the same to her sister.”
― Close to Death
― Close to Death
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