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"And if I remain in the dark about our purpose here, and the meaning of eternity, I have nevertheless arrived at an understanding of a few more modest truths: Most of us fear death. Most of us yearn to comprehend how we got here, and why—which is to say, most of us ache to know the love of our creator. And we will no doubt feel that ache, most of us, for as long as we happen to be alive."

I didn't quite realize how long ago this book was written, hearing Rulon Jeffs referred to in the present tense floored me. This was published a year or so after his death, but must have been written in the last few months or so of his life. None of horrors of the Warren Jeffs era had even come to pass yet. Honey, you've got a big storm comin'.