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Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love - but sometimes it was so hard to love.

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A story is a wedding in which we listeners are the groom watching the bride coming up the aisle. It is together, in an act of imaginary consummation, ...more

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Henry had written a novel because there was a hole in him that needed filling, a question that needed answering, a patch of canvas that needed paintin...more

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The individual soul touches upon the world soul like a well reaches for the water table. That which sustains the universe beyond thought and language,...more

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The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity - it's envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealo...more

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A house is a compressed territory where our basic needs can be fulfilled close by and safely.

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Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer.

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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can get.

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If God on the Cross is God shamming a human tragedy, it turns the Passion of Christ into the Farce of Christ. The death of the Son must be real. Fathe...more

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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly...more

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If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? Isn't love hard to believe? Don't you bully me with your politeness! Love is hard to be...more

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I was giving up. I would have given up - if a voice hadn't made itself heard in my heart. The voice said "I will not die. I refuse it. I will make it ...more

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The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity--it's envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealou...more

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Just beyond the ticket booth Father had painted on a wall in bright red letters the question: DO YOU KNOW WHICH IS THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL IN THE ZO...more

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The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity – it’s envy.