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> [Stories in themselves are not automatically good; it has to be the right kind of story told by the right kind of person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilson/stories-in-themselves-are-not-automatically-good-it-has-to-be-the/)

[Douglas Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilson/)

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## More by Douglas Wilson

> [“The ground for the necessity of Christian schools lies in this very thing, that no fact can be known unless it be known in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilson/the-ground-for-the-necessity-of-christian-schools-lies-in-this-very/)

[Douglas Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilson/)

> [Throughout the country, I see the same design problems and solutions over and over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilson/throughout-the-country-i-see-the-same-design-problems-and-solutions/)

[Douglas Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilson/)

> [“You do not create ex nihilo. You rearrange and recombine. You are the same old flour and eggs in search of a new recipe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilson/you-do-not-create-ex-nihilo-you-rearrange-and-recombine-you-are-the/)

[Douglas Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilson/)

> [“Sensory experience should not be draped on top of the story as sort of a last-minute decoration. Done right, it is woven into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilson/sensory-experience-should-not-be-draped-on-top-of-the-story-as-sort/)

[Douglas Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilson/)

> [“When the travesties scattered throughout our modern art museums are set alongside the glories of ancient Greece, the Christian heart should swell with pride.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilson/when-the-travesties-scattered-throughout-our-modern-art-museums-are/)

[Douglas Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilson/)

> [Immodest and attractive is easy. Modest and repulsive is easy too. But modest and attractive is an art form.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilson/immodest-and-attractive-is-easy-modest-and-repulsive-is-easy-too-but/)

[Douglas Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilson/)

> [“We were in desperate straits. Christ came to “ransom captive Israel” and to “disperse the gloomy clouds of night.” In our insolence, we were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilson/we-were-in-desperate-straits-christ-came-to-ransom-captive-israel-and/)

[Douglas Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilson/)

> [“This is why stories like this, with great evils in them, are necessary for children to read. Kids just got here—they are still figuring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilson/this-is-why-stories-like-this-with-great-evils-in-them-are-necessary/)

[Douglas Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilson/)

> [As you read, allow your reading to cluster around your interests.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilson/as-you-read-allow-your-reading-to-cluster-around-your-interests/)

[Douglas Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilson/)

> [“Every culture has blasphemy laws. They are not always called that, but no society allows citizens to rail against the reigning deity. In our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilson/every-culture-has-blasphemy-laws-they-are-not-always-called-that-but/)

[Douglas Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilson/)

> [“We sometimes do not appreciate the magnitude of the problem here. How could the eternal Word of the eternal Father take on limits? How…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilson/we-sometimes-do-not-appreciate-the-magnitude-of-the-problem-here-how/)

[Douglas Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilson/)

> [God picks us up where we are, not where we should have been](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilson/god-picks-us-up-where-we-are-not-where-we-should-have-been/)

[Douglas Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilson/)

> [“The fulfillment of the cultural mandate involves hard work, and men need to be hard in order to do the work.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilson/the-fulfillment-of-the-cultural-mandate-involves-hard-work-and-men/)

[Douglas Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilson/)

> [“There is no virtue or vice in a transitive verb, everything depends on the direct object. 'I LOVE' could be virtuous or not -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilson/there-is-no-virtue-or-vice-in-a-transitive-verb-everything-depends-on/)

[Douglas Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilson/)

> [“We are like fruitflies, measuring everything in terms of our own lifespan. But since our lifespans are so short, our perspective is entirely wrong.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilson/we-are-like-fruitflies-measuring-everything-in-terms-of-our-own/)

[Douglas Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilson/)

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