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> [“And as the ax bites into the wood, be comforted in the fact that the ache in your heart and the confusion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-harding/and-as-the-ax-bites-into-the-wood-be-comforted-in-the-fact-that-the/)

[Paul Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-harding/)

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> [“be comforted in the fact that the ache in your heart and the confusion in your soul means that you are still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-harding/be-comforted-in-the-fact-that-the-ache-in-your-heart-and-the/)

[Paul Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-harding/)

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> [And as the ax bites into the wood, be comforted in the fact that the ache in your heart and the confusion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-harding/and-as-the-ax-bites-into-the-wood-be-comforted-in-the-fact-that-the-2/)

[Paul Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-harding/)

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## More by Paul Harding

> [Who was the greatest business man ever. . . The greatest salesman? Advertiser? Who? . . . It was Jesus. . . Jesus was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-harding/who-was-the-greatest-business-man-ever-the-greatest-salesman/)

[Paul Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-harding/)

> [“The house had not merely lapsed back into the equilibrium of the woods but was blighted, as if inside it did not contain a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-harding/the-house-had-not-merely-lapsed-back-into-the-equilibrium-of-the/)

[Paul Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-harding/)

> [“Your cold mornings are filled with the heartache about the fact that although we are not at ease in this world, it is all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-harding/your-cold-mornings-are-filled-with-the-heartache-about-the-fact-that/)

[Paul Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-harding/)

> [The fictional world seems larger, seems to have more dimension and richness when, for example, the protagonist from one novel you've read has a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-harding/the-fictional-world-seems-larger-seems-to-have-more-dimension-and/)

[Paul Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-harding/)

> [“Howard thought, Is it not true: A move of the head, a step to the left or right, and we change from wise, decent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-harding/howard-thought-is-it-not-true-a-move-of-the-head-a-step-to-the-left/)

[Paul Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-harding/)

> [“The joy of those years had its own integrity, and Kate existed within that. She could not be touched by the misery caused by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-harding/the-joy-of-those-years-had-its-own-integrity-and-kate-existed-within/)

[Paul Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-harding/)

> [What an awful thing then, being there in our house together with our daughter gone, trying to be equal to so many sudden orders…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-harding/what-an-awful-thing-then-being-there-in-our-house-together-with-our/)

[Paul Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-harding/)

> [Don't confine truth to fact. Imaginative truth is as powerful, and often enough, more so than fact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-harding/don-t-confine-truth-to-fact-imaginative-truth-is-as-powerful-and/)

[Paul Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-harding/)

> [“I woke up every morning on the couch. It felt like the same morning all the time, or like an infinite series of nested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-harding/i-woke-up-every-morning-on-the-couch-it-felt-like-the-same-morning/)

[Paul Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-harding/)

> [The silver lining of those years when I was trying to get 'Tinkers' published but couldn't were the years when I had to decide,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-harding/the-silver-lining-of-those-years-when-i-was-trying-to-get-tinkers/)

[Paul Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-harding/)

> [“There was a moment of sorrow, disappointment, and deep love for his son, whom he at that second wished had had a chance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-harding/there-was-a-moment-of-sorrow-disappointment-and-deep-love-for-his-son/)

[Paul Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-harding/)

> [“But it's a curse, a condemnation, like an act of provocation, to have been aroused from not being, to have been conjured up from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-harding/but-it-s-a-curse-a-condemnation-like-an-act-of-provocation-to-have/)

[Paul Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-harding/)

> [“Perhaps, Howard thought, the curtains and murals and pastel angels are a mercy, a dim reflection of things fit for the fragility of human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-harding/perhaps-howard-thought-the-curtains-and-murals-and-pastel-angels-are/)

[Paul Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-harding/)

> [“Howard thought, Is it not true: A move of the head, a step to the left or right, and we change from wise, decent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-harding/howard-thought-is-it-not-true-a-move-of-the-head-a-step-to-the-left-2/)

[Paul Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-harding/)

> [“And as the ax bites into the wood, be comforted in the fact that the ache in your heart and the confusion in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-harding/and-as-the-ax-bites-into-the-wood-be-comforted-in-the-fact-that-the/)

[Paul Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-harding/)

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