--- title: "1 Black death Quotes By N.D. Wilson" description: "1 Black death quotes by N.D. Wilson. Plus more from N.D. Wilson and more Black death sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e3/n-d-wilson-2571_black-death_every-year-kansas-watches-the-world-die_873389.png" --- > [“Every year, Kansas watches the world die. Civilizations of wheat grow tall and green; they grow old and golden, and then men shaped from the same earth as the crop cut those lives down. And when the grain is threshed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/every-year-kansas-watches-the-world-die-civilizations-of-wheat-grow/) [N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e3/n-d-wilson-2571_black-death_every-year-kansas-watches-the-world-die_873389.png) ## More by N.D. Wilson > [“But if that was going to happen, it was going to happen whether or not he worried about it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/but-if-that-was-going-to-happen-it-was-going-to-happen-whether-or-not/) [N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/) > [“We haven't stopped running, but we are getting slower. We have little people running with us now. We have passed others. Our own people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/we-haven-t-stopped-running-but-we-are-getting-slower-we-have-little/) [N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/) > [After a few mouthfuls of moon-flavored air, even the stubbornly drowsy can find themselves wide-eyed.. All the normal noises of life were gone, leaving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/after-a-few-mouthfuls-of-moon-flavored-air-even-the-stubbornly-drowsy/) [N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/) > [Going where no man has gone before is more difficult than it sounds. Our cousins and ancestors were no less curious than we are,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/going-where-no-man-has-gone-before-is-more-difficult-than-it-sounds/) [N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/) > [Plato, the first true pope of philosophy (sorry, Socrates), argued for a World of Forms above the reality-a transcendent plane of perfect essences, pure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/plato-the-first-true-pope-of-philosophy-sorry-socrates-argued-for-a/) [N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/) > [“He was a man with eyebrows, or maybe they were eyebrows with a man. Ownership would have been hard to establish, and Cyrus couldn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/he-was-a-man-with-eyebrows-or-maybe-they-were-eyebrows-with-a-man/) [N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/) > [After three years down here, I've not learned too much. But one thing I do know is that our bellies aren't big enough for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/after-three-years-down-here-i-ve-not-learned-too-much-but-one-thing-i/) [N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/) > [Drink your wine. Laugh from your gut. Burden your moments with thankfulness. Be as empty as you can be when that clock winds down.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/drink-your-wine-laugh-from-your-gut-burden-your-moments-with/) [N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/) > [If God gives you (or makes you) a joke, what are you meant to do in response? (Receive it. Laugh.) If God gives you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/if-god-gives-you-or-makes-you-a-joke-what-are-you-meant-to-do-in/) [N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/) > [“Infinite goes all the way up and all the way down; and at every level, with equal attention, He creates with the full dose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/infinite-goes-all-the-way-up-and-all-the-way-down-and-at-every-level/) [N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/) > [God is a God of galaxies, of storms, of roaring seas and boiling thunder, but He is also the God of bread baking, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/god-is-a-god-of-galaxies-of-storms-of-roaring-seas-and-boiling/) [N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/) > [The moon was up, painting the world silver, making things look just a little more alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/the-moon-was-up-painting-the-world-silver-making-things-look-just-a/) [N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/) > [The world is R-rated, and no one's checking IDs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/the-world-is-r-rated-and-no-one-s-checking-ids/) [N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/) > [We are narrative creatures, and we need narrative nourishment-nar rative catechisms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/we-are-narrative-creatures-and-we-need-narrative-nourishment-nar/) [N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/) > [In Bright Shadow: C.S. Lewis on the Imagination for Theology and Discipleship](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/in-bright-shadow-c-s-lewis-on-the-imagination-for-theology-and/) [N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black-death/n-d-wilson/#itemlist", "name": "1 Black death Quotes By N.D. 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