“THERE IS A river that runs through time and the universe, vast and inexplicable, a flow of spirit that is at the heart of all existence, and every molecule of our being is a part of it. And what is God but the whole of that river?”
― This Tender Land
― This Tender Land
“But my interest is in how these marks that I am scratching on this page can mean anything at all. If they can have meaning, then life can have meaning, then I can have meaning.”
― James
― James
“Of all that we're asked to give others in this life, the most difficult to offer may be forgiveness.”
― This Tender Land
― This Tender Land
“Belief has nothing to do with truth.”
― James
― James
“Of all that we’re asked to give others in this life, the most difficult to offer may be forgiveness.”
― This Tender Land
― This Tender Land
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