It is important to maintain, at funerals and otherwise, the distinction between these two categories: death and Death.
“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
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“Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid.”
― Beyond Words: Daily Readings in the ABC's of Faith
― Beyond Words: Daily Readings in the ABC's of Faith
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.”
― The Four Loves
― The Four Loves
“Joy multiplies when it is shared among friends, but grief diminishes with every division. That is life.”
― Exile
― Exile
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