Alex

“Since the Gnostics—rather reasonably, it seems—could not believe that an erring pair of human ancestors could have brought about the innumerable evils and unpleasantries of the world, they were left with only one culprit: the Creator, God himself. The world did not fall, the Gnostics said; rather, it was imperfect from the start.”
― Stephan A. Hoeller, Gnosticism: New Light on the Ancient Tradition of Inner Knowing

“made a”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“They give me number 33, a gray flannel uniform trimmed in red. We are the Annadel Redlegs, named after Cincinnati. My first year in the Independent League I hit twenty-five homers. Little boys followed me around town, and I’d set them down and tell them about how the coal companies stole the land.”
― Denise Giardina, Storming Heaven: A Novel