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There was a roaring in my ears and I lost track of what they were saying. I believe it was the physical manifestation of unbearable grief.

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You can’t replace people you love with other people…But you can trust that you’re not going to run out of people to love.

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In Bobby Ogle's version of heaven everyone would wind up in one place, criminals and Muslims included.

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When something extraordinary shows up in your life in the middle of the night, you give it a name and make it the best home you can.

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In my own worst seasons I've come back from the colorless world of despair by forcing myself to look hard, for a long time, at a single glorious thing...more

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It's the same struggle for each of us, and the same path out: the utterly simple, infinitely wise ultimately defiant act of loving one thing and then ...more

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Mother, you can still hold hold on but forgive, forgive and give for long as long as we both shall live, I forgive you, Mother.

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A first child is your own best foot forward, and how you do cheer those little feet as they strike out. You examine every turn of flesh for precocity,...more

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If the Lord hasn't got a boyfriend lined up for me to marry, that's his business.