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religion is important whether or not we believed in one, in the same way that historical events are important whether or not you personally lived through them.
“God is behind everything, but everything hides God. Things are black, creatures are opaque. To love a being is to render that being transparent.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“At certain moments, when death is close, the veils pull back between this world and the next. Heaven and earth overlay. When they do, it is possible to glimpse certain souls already departed. You can see them awaiting your arrival. And they can see you coming. *”
― The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
― The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
“religion is important whether or not we believed in one, in the same way that historical events are important whether or not you personally lived through them.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“Did you know,” a doctor named Mark Souweidane told me on a visit to Memorial Sloan Kettering hospital in New York, “that when we put chemo through an IV to treat a brain tumor, only three percent of it actually gets to the brain? There’s something called a blood/brain barrier, a membrane that’s very selective about what it lets in. Three percent. The rest just stays in the bloodstream.”
― Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family
― Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family
“Perhaps, if you weren't so busy regarding my shortcomings, you'd find that I do possess redeeming qualities, discreet as they may be. I notice when the sky is blue. I smile down at children. I laugh at any innocent attempt at humor. I quietly carry the burdens of others as though they were my own. And I say 'I'm sorry' when you don't. I am not without fault, but I am not without goodness either.”
― Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
― Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
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