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God can't be resisted or stopped, but can be shaped and focused. This means God is not to be prayed to. Prayers only help the person doing the praying, and then, only if they strengthen and focus that person's resolve. If they're used that way, they can help us in our only real relationship with God. They help us to shape God and to accept and work with the shapes that God imposes on us. God is power... God prevails.

"Most of the dead are street poor who have nowhere to go and who don't hear the warnings until it's too late for their feet to take them to safety. Where's safety for them anyway? Is it a sin against God to be poor? We're almost poor ourselves. There are fewer and fewer jobs among us, more of us being born, more kids growing up with nothing to look forward to. One way or another, we'll all be poor someday."

A long time ago I read Earthsea and I thought it was just OK. After reading all of these and loving them I probably need to reread Earthsea.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS I AM READING A BOOK

I just laughed out loud.

The "F" in Fillory doesn't stand for "fair."

"Wishes are for children ... I grew up."

Man, already ate through more than a quarter of this. TRAIN CAN'T STOP.

"...fairies thought all this military stuff was pretty silly, but they went along with it for the same reason that fairies ever did anything, namely, for the lulz." AT LAST I HAVE READ "LULZ" IN A BOOK.

Harry Potter for Jordan: ENGAGED.

Sometimes the author goes a little too far, for example: "The physical range provided by the spears of the ... phalanx provided much of the psychological leverage that permitted Alexander the Great to conquer the known world." Other than examples like that, the book is fascinating and interesting.

If the author's supposition about the high percentage of non-firers in direct fire situations is correct, what does a move to modes of killing such as drones mean for casualty rates in future combat?

Military man cites "places in the heart" with Sally field. Never thought I would see that happen. Awesome.

S.L.A. Marshall apologies and blaming violence in media so far. Keepin' on with it since this work is highly regarded.

It's alright so far, but Kluwe is better an article or scathing letter at a time.

NEVER GO IN AGAINST A SICILIAN WHEN -DEATH- IS ON THE LINE! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

The ox is slow, but the earth is patient.

Finished the introduction to the 30th anniversary edition, now reading the introduction to the 25th anniversary edition.

The kittens will make your sad go away.

Does John Dies at the End fit Film Critic Hulk's definition of a masterpiece? Perhaps.

Philip K. Dick + Snow Crash with the cyberpunk replaced with horror and more gutter humor. DELIGHTFUL.

If I wasn't listening to this on audiotape I would've finished it already. Also, it seems to be narrated by the same voice as the one that reads THE ORISON OF SONMI in Cloud Atlas.

This is as awesome as advertised.

Some of it is really, really good and some parts really make me cringe and go "Author, WHYYYYY?"