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Certain sincerely devout and spiritually advanced people believe that the God of their understanding helps them find parking places and gives them advice on Mass.…

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We will, of course, without hesitation use art to parody, ridicule, debunk, or criticize ideologies.
One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough to garner…
God, what a ghastly enterprise to be in, though-and what an odd way to achieve success. I'm an exhibitionist who wants to…
When I say or write something, there are actually a whole lot of different things I am communicating. The propositional content (i.e.,…
Under fun's new administration, writing fiction becomes a way to go deep inside yourself and illuminate precisely the stuff you don't want…
Of course, the fact that Dostoevsky can tell a juicy story isn't enough to make him great. If it were, Judith Krantz…
Some words have to be explicitly uttered, Lenore. Only by actually uttering certain words does one really DO what one SAYS. 'Love'…
You have a great deal of yourself on the line, writing- your vanity is at stake. You discover a tricky thing about…
Postmodern irony and cynicism's become an end in itself, a measure of hip sophistication and literary savvy. Few artists dare to try…
No one can call themselves a writer until he or she has written at least fifty stories.
Molly Notkin often confides on the phone to Joelle van Dyne about the one tormented love of Nokin's life thus far, an…
No single, individual moment is in and of itself unendurable.

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To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs. — Sri Aurobindo
I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this… — Teresa of Avila
Tony Hale is a devout Christian and is a complete retard when it comes to swearing. The script called for him to… — Jason Bateman
Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble. — Joseph Addison
A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner. — Thomas Carlyle
I was a Muslim once, remember, and it was when I was most devout that I was most full of hate. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
One would like to believe that people who think of themselves as devout Christians would also behave in a manner that is… — Richard John Neuhaus
In the uttermost meaning of the words, thought is devout, and devotion is thought. Deep calls unto deep. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I do not believe that one can earnestly seek and find the priceless treasure of God's call without a devout prayer life.… — Ravi Zacharias
With respect to public acknowledgment of religious belief, it is entirely clear from our nation's historical practices that the Establishment Clause permits… — Antonin Scalia
Certainly amongst all devotions, after that of receiving the sacraments, that of adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament holds first place, is… — Alphonsus Liguori
I pray you bear me henceforth from the noise and rumour of the field, where I may think the remnant of my… — William Shakespeare

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