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“God was not interested in our theology but only in our silence.”
― The Passenger
― The Passenger
“He thought that God’s goodness appeared in strange places. Dont close your eyes.”
― The Passenger
― The Passenger
“He read as far into his own past as into Karla’s, and sometimes it seemed to him that the one life was merely the complement to the other; that they were causes of the same incurable malady.”
― Smiley's People
― Smiley's People
“Sites that have been host to extraordinary suffering will eventually be either burned to the ground or turned into temples.”
― Stella Maris
― Stella Maris
“On a good day, every small thing is enchanting. Everything is a miracle. There is no emptiness. There is no need for forgiveness or escape or medicine. I hear only the wind in the trees, and my devils hatching their sacral plans, fusing all the shattered pieces together into a blanket of ice. I have found that it's under that ice that I can feel I am just another normal person. In the dark and cold, I am at 'peace.”
― Homesick for Another World
― Homesick for Another World
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