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> [“Her ballad did nothing to make the serpants lovely. Her ballad hid nothing of their dread. But the music itself spoke of faith and certainty; the melody announced the presence of God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-wangerin-jr/her-ballad-did-nothing-to-make-the-serpants-lovely-her-ballad-hid/)

[Walter Wangerin Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-wangerin-jr/)

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## More by Walter Wangerin Jr

> [“Eurus thrashes, but Rutt holds on. She crushes the bones of his jaws and still holds on until he suffocates and dies.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-wangerin-jr/eurus-thrashes-but-rutt-holds-on-she-crushes-the-bones-of-his-jaws/)

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> [“He went wordless, and wordless he sat beside her. He knew the size of her sorrow.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-wangerin-jr/he-went-wordless-and-wordless-he-sat-beside-her-he-knew-the-size-of/)

[Walter Wangerin Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-wangerin-jr/)

> [“Her ballad did nothing to make the serpants lovely. Her ballad hid nothing of their dread. But the music itself spoke of faith and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-wangerin-jr/her-ballad-did-nothing-to-make-the-serpants-lovely-her-ballad-hid/)

[Walter Wangerin Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-wangerin-jr/)

> [“WELL, THEN SHAG IT, YOU SUITCASE! GET OVER HERE!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-wangerin-jr/well-then-shag-it-you-suitcase-get-over-here/)

[Walter Wangerin Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-wangerin-jr/)

> [“Have you noticed the words which Old Testament people use when someone important calls them by name? They don't say "What?" or "Yes?" They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-wangerin-jr/have-you-noticed-the-words-which-old-testament-people-use-when/)

[Walter Wangerin Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-wangerin-jr/)

> [“I agreed Paul knew his limits. But I never believed he'd choose to live within them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-wangerin-jr/i-agreed-paul-knew-his-limits-but-i-never-believed-he-d-choose-to/)

[Walter Wangerin Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-wangerin-jr/)

> [“But the talk of dialogue involves the work of knowing, acknowledging the other, of shaping speech toward him, for her. It is neither done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-wangerin-jr/but-the-talk-of-dialogue-involves-the-work-of-knowing-acknowledging/)

[Walter Wangerin Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-wangerin-jr/)

> [“Volunteering" also honours the sort of work your spouse is obliged to do if you choose cheerfully to do it for him or her.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-wangerin-jr/volunteering-also-honours-the-sort-of-work-your-spouse-is-obliged-to/)

[Walter Wangerin Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-wangerin-jr/)

> [“In the bedroom the truer, unpremeditated behavior of intimacy appears, the way this spouse relates to others on the most personal level, body to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-wangerin-jr/in-the-bedroom-the-truer-unpremeditated-behavior-of-intimacy-appears/)

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> [“And the strongest trust is built by the smallest actions, the keeping of the little promises. It is the constant truthfulness, the continued dependability,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-wangerin-jr/and-the-strongest-trust-is-built-by-the-smallest-actions-the-keeping/)

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> [“And "sharing the work of survival," therefore, means resisting every temptation towards independence, towards personal liberty, towards "doing your own thing". This takes s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-wangerin-jr/and-sharing-the-work-of-survival-therefore-means-resisting-every/)

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> [“For what was your gesture? An act of pure love for Jesus particularly. It was an act so completely focused upon the Christ that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-wangerin-jr/for-what-was-your-gesture-an-act-of-pure-love-for-jesus-particularly/)

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> [“: “Behold the Rooster who suffers much more than he must. Ah, Chauntecleer, Chauntecleer. Why do you suffer today and tomorrow?” oozed the compassionate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-wangerin-jr/behold-the-rooster-who-suffers-much-more-than-he-must-ah-chauntecleer/)

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> [“Almost as evil as the stench was the silence. Senex, however poorly he had ended his rule, had always remembered the canonical crows. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-wangerin-jr/almost-as-evil-as-the-stench-was-the-silence-senex-however-poorly-he/)

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> [“How many battles make a war?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-wangerin-jr/how-many-battles-make-a-war/)

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