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> [“God can give or take away, Well who would make such an awful rule.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-ritter/god-can-give-or-take-away-well-who-would-make-such-an-awful-rule/)

[Josh Ritter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-ritter/)

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## More by Josh Ritter

> [Around mile 20 I was feeling so good, I wanted to kiss everyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-ritter/around-mile-20-i-was-feeling-so-good-i-wanted-to-kiss-everyone/)

[Josh Ritter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-ritter/)

> [Mud and water and the stumps of trees. In every direction that was all there was. Bodies fell, but the trees died standing up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-ritter/mud-and-water-and-the-stumps-of-trees-in-every-direction-that-was-all/)

[Josh Ritter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-ritter/)

> [Its been a long time coming but now the snow is gone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-ritter/its-been-a-long-time-coming-but-now-the-snow-is-gone/)

[Josh Ritter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-ritter/)

> [Fear only has as much power as we give it space.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-ritter/fear-only-has-as-much-power-as-we-give-it-space/)

[Josh Ritter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-ritter/)

> [“At times throughout the night, they seemed to turn from real, living people into mere photographs of people, and then from photographs into memories,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-ritter/at-times-throughout-the-night-they-seemed-to-turn-from-real-living/)

[Josh Ritter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-ritter/)

> [“God doesn't build shit. Yeah, He creates stuff - the World, the mountain ranges, all that - but any fuck with one eye left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-ritter/god-doesn-t-build-shit-yeah-he-creates-stuff-the-world-the-mountain/)

[Josh Ritter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-ritter/)

> [I do think that there's art that is tortured, but I prefer art that has the joy in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-ritter/i-do-think-that-there-s-art-that-is-tortured-but-i-prefer-art-that/)

[Josh Ritter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-ritter/)

> [The real desk isn't one with four legs and a filing cabinet. It's the space of time that you stake out every day and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-ritter/the-real-desk-isn-t-one-with-four-legs-and-a-filing-cabinet-it-s-the/)

[Josh Ritter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-ritter/)

> [Every heart is a package tangled up in knots someone else tied.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-ritter/every-heart-is-a-package-tangled-up-in-knots-someone-else-tied/)

[Josh Ritter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-ritter/)

> [“It was the blue of the sky that caught him first: a rapturous, painfully pure spike of color that hooked his eyes like fish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-ritter/it-was-the-blue-of-the-sky-that-caught-him-first-a-rapturous/)

[Josh Ritter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-ritter/)

> [“Most of all: There's uncertainty in our lives. At night, you just have to go to sleep and have faith in the fairly large…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-ritter/most-of-all-there-s-uncertainty-in-our-lives-at-night-you-just-have/)

[Josh Ritter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-ritter/)

> [I'm looking over rooftops, and I'm hoping it ain't true, that the same God looks out for them, looks out for me and you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-ritter/i-m-looking-over-rooftops-and-i-m-hoping-it-ain-t-true-that-the-same/)

[Josh Ritter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-ritter/)

> [I'm singing for the love of it/Have mercy on the man who sings to be adored.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-ritter/i-m-singing-for-the-love-of-it-have-mercy-on-the-man-who-sings-to-be/)

[Josh Ritter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-ritter/)

> [“God can give or take away, Well who would make such an awful rule.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-ritter/god-can-give-or-take-away-well-who-would-make-such-an-awful-rule/)

[Josh Ritter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-ritter/)

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