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I always wondered why God was supposed to be a father," she whispers. Fathers always want you to measure up to something. Mothers are the ones who lov...more

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A sacrament--like marriage--means living a life better than your natural instincts, so that you're modeling God. And God never gives up.

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Things that look impossible suddenly seem a lot better, once you get God on board.

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It felt like I'd been living underground, and for a moment, I'd been given this glimpse of the sky. Once you've seen that, how can you go back where y...more

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I want to believe there's a God. Because I sure as hell know there's a devil.

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People believe in God because they don't have any other explanation for things that happen.

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Sometimes you can see things happen right in front of your eyes and still jump to the wrong conclusions.

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Hope and reality lie in inverse proportions, inside the walls of a hospital... Doubt is like dye. Once is spreads into the fabric of excuses you've wo...more

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Hope and reality lie in inverse proportions.

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Dylan Jerome," the lawyer admits, "wanted to sue God for not caring enough about him.

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Hope is what makes you look outside the window to see if it's stopped raining. Hope is what makes you believe he'll text you back. Hope is why you buy...more

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Love meant jumping off a cliff and trusting that a certain person would be there to catch you at the bottom.

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The way I see it, he's all we have left ofher.

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You know, Sage, Jesus didn't tell us to forgive everyone. He said turn the other cheek, but only if you the one who was hit. Even the Lord's Prayer sa...more