“True "volunteering," then, obeys no law, seeks no returns, pays no debts, plans no praise for yourself, nor proves your goodness” — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
“Eurus thrashes, but Rutt holds on. She crushes the bones of his jaws and still holds on until he suffocates and dies.” — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share
“He went wordless, and wordless he sat beside her. He knew the size of her sorrow.” — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share
“Her ballad did nothing to make the serpants lovely. Her ballad hid nothing of their dread. But the music itself spoke of faith and… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share
“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… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share
“I agreed Paul knew his limits. But I never believed he'd choose to live within them.” — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share
“But the talk of dialogue involves the work of knowing, acknowledging the other, of shaping speech toward him, for her. It is neither done… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share
“Volunteering" also honours the sort of work your spouse is obliged to do if you choose cheerfully to do it for him or her.… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share
“In the bedroom the truer, unpremeditated behavior of intimacy appears, the way this spouse relates to others on the most personal level, body to… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share
“And the strongest trust is built by the smallest actions, the keeping of the little promises. It is the constant truthfulness, the continued dependability,… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share
“And "sharing the work of survival," therefore, means resisting every temptation towards independence, towards personal liberty, towards "doing your own thing". This takes s… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share
“For what was your gesture? An act of pure love for Jesus particularly. It was an act so completely focused upon the Christ that… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share
“: “Behold the Rooster who suffers much more than he must. Ah, Chauntecleer, Chauntecleer. Why do you suffer today and tomorrow?” oozed the compassionate… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share
“Almost as evil as the stench was the silence. Senex, however poorly he had ended his rule, had always remembered the canonical crows. He… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share
