The Autobiography of God Quotes

“How can I love you if I don't know what hurts you?”
― Julius Lester, The Autobiography of God

“Silence was not the absence of sound but was itself a sound that could be loud or soft, soothing or disturbing, complex or simple.”
― Julius Lester, The Autobiography of God

“Goodness was not a trait you acquired; it was a value you practiced when you were on the verge of doing evil.”
― Julius Lester, The Autobiography of God

“There was an end to weeping. Mourning, however, ebbed and surged but never ceased flowing.”
― Julius Lester, The Autobiography of God

“He took the box but did not avail himself of a tissue. She understood. Sometimes it was comforting to feel the wetness of grief's tears on your face.”
― Julius Lester, The Autobiography of God

“... the object of learning was not to build a better mousetrap but to ask a better question.”
― Julius Lester, The Autobiography of God

“The young accept the extraordinary as normal because they do not compare their lives with those of others when everyone is like them.”
― Julius Lester, The Autobiography of God

“...part of the mind's job was to cast doubt on what the heart knew to be true, and the heart, because it had no words, often lost the argument”
― Julius Lester, The Autobiography of God

“Often, the human animal dresses terror in rage, and expresses both in a way unlike either.”
― Julius Lester, The Autobiography of God