“You can still function as a living ruin.”
“An artist is someone who can hold two opposing viewpoints and still remain fully functional.”
“But how else can we live, these days, except in the midst of ruin?”
“The smoke detectors began to ring; for they were battery-powered and thus still functioned, just as a record can still be played after the death of every member of the orchestra.”
“I try not to be scared, you know. But I still ruin everything. I still fuck up.”
“It is a blessing for us that, as sin lives, and the flesh lives, and the devil lives, so Jesus lives. It is also a blessing that, whatever strength these may have to ruin us, Jesus has still greater power to save us.”