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> [God was something I did not understand the way kids who went to church did. They said God was a man in the sky with white hair and a beard like Santa. This seemed strange to me. When I thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-coleman/god-was-something-i-did-not-understand-the-way-kids-who-went-to/)

[Melissa Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-coleman/)

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## More by Melissa Coleman

> [God was something I did not understand the way kids who went to church did. They said God was a man in the sky…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-coleman/god-was-something-i-did-not-understand-the-way-kids-who-went-to/)

[Melissa Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-coleman/)

> [“To succeed at this life, they had to constantly feed their vision of it, or it would wither and die”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-coleman/to-succeed-at-this-life-they-had-to-constantly-feed-their-vision-of/)

[Melissa Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-coleman/)

> [Later when I thought of the chickens, one of those rare pale blue eggs rose up into my throat. The chickens had been part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-coleman/later-when-i-thought-of-the-chickens-one-of-those-rare-pale-blue-eggs/)

[Melissa Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-coleman/)

> [The very nature of paradise is that it will be lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-coleman/the-very-nature-of-paradise-is-that-it-will-be-lost/)

[Melissa Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-coleman/)

> [“Fall arrived with its honey light and cool evenings, and the maple leaves brightened to match the reds and yellow of ripe apples. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-coleman/fall-arrived-with-its-honey-light-and-cool-evenings-and-the-maple/)

[Melissa Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-coleman/)

> [“Though his health and family had been broken in the process, he'd found his purpose in life — to share the ancient key discovered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-coleman/though-his-health-and-family-had-been-broken-in-the-process-he-d/)

[Melissa Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-coleman/)

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