The Magical Language of Others

by E.J. Koh

“But there’s design. The world has design.” “It doesn’t prove God exists.” The professor put a shiny card on the table to pay for his coffee and my hot chocolate. “Do we need God to make meaning?”

“I’m just saying, if God didn’t exist,” he said, “would it be so terrible?” “If we didn’t get to wonder about it, maybe it would be.”

“My daughter teaches people how to let go.”