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> [...There is a school of thought, a heresy from the madhouse of heresies in the ninth century, that says God is good and is in control of every individual thing that happens, every event, but that unfortunately the devil is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/there-is-a-school-of-thought-a-heresy-from-the-madhouse-of-heresies/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

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## More by Norman Rush

> [“Nina said, “Have regular facial expressions.” That was a command from their inventory of facetious devices they used to josh one another out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/nina-said-have-regular-facial-expressions-that-was-a-command-from/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [Literature is humanity talking to itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/literature-is-humanity-talking-to-itself/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [I feel like someone after a deluge being asked to describe the way it was before the flood while I'm still plucking seaweed out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/i-feel-like-someone-after-a-deluge-being-asked-to-describe-the-way-it/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [“And the question was still there of whether their true interior selves—the subtle bodies inside—were still there and functioning despite what age and accident…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/and-the-question-was-still-there-of-whether-their-true-interior/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [“The main effort of arranging your life should be to progressively reduce the amount of time required to decently maintain yourself so that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/the-main-effort-of-arranging-your-life-should-be-to-progressively/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [...There is a school of thought, a heresy from the madhouse of heresies in the ninth century, that says God is good and is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/there-is-a-school-of-thought-a-heresy-from-the-madhouse-of-heresies/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [The characters write the plot. Their natures do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/the-characters-write-the-plot-their-natures-do/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [I must love big novels, because that's what I've written. It takes a while before you begin to breathe the air the characters breathe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/i-must-love-big-novels-because-that-s-what-i-ve-written-it-takes-a/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [“There is no permanent friendship between men, among men. Something goes wrong, somebody marries the wrong person, somebody advances too fast, somebody converts, somebody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/there-is-no-permanent-friendship-between-men-among-men-something-goes/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [“Now everything was going to be impossible, but better.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/now-everything-was-going-to-be-impossible-but-better/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [“A utopia I would join in a minute is a society which could be communist or capitalist, anything, except that no woman member of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/a-utopia-i-would-join-in-a-minute-is-a-society-which-could-be/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [I wanted to incorporate everything, understand everything, because time is cruel and nothing stays the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/i-wanted-to-incorporate-everything-understand-everything-because-time/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [It’s a rare reader who doesn’t go to the novel looking for a kind of encouragement to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/it-s-a-rare-reader-who-doesn-t-go-to-the-novel-looking-for-a-kind-of/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [“It takes a while before you begin to breathe the air the characters breathe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/it-takes-a-while-before-you-begin-to-breathe-the-air-the-characters/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

> [Small breasts are best for the long haul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-rush/small-breasts-are-best-for-the-long-haul/)

[Norman Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-rush/)

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