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• You know what's the most terrifying thing about admitting that you're in love? You're just naked. You put yourself in harm's way…
• The trouble with illusions is that you aren't aware you have any until they are taken away from you.
• I do what I do without hope of reward or fear of punishment. I do not require Heaven or Hell to bribe…
• Tradition was safety; change was danger.
• When it comes down to it, I don't have much in the way of advice to offer you, but here it is:…
• If we keep demanding that God yield up His answers, perhaps some day we will understand them. And then we will be…
• The sign of a good decision is the multiplicity of reasons for it.
• God's got a lot of explaining to do. Of course, God never explains. When life breaks your heart, you're just supposed to…
• The Jewish sages also tell us that God dances when His children defeat Him in argument, when they stand on their feet…
• Rain falls on everyone, lightning strikes some. What cannot be changed is best forgotten. God made the world, and He saw that…
• ...I begin with songs. They provide a sort of skeleton grammar for me to flesh out. Songs of longing for future tense,…
• Shall I tell you why young men love war? . . . In peace, there are a hundred questions with a thousand…

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