“willing me to understand: thatpeople should be sacrificed to causes, that beauty can be built on the backs of the dead.”
“She is staring at me wide-eyed, willing me to understand: that people should be sacrificed to causes, that beauty can be built on the backs of the dead.”
“Pride, willfulness, and rebellion against what “is written” are the causes of the Bible being hard to understand. The hard part, then, is not understanding with the mind, but being willing to obey what he does not want to obey. If a person could not understand the truth, he could not reject it.”
“Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home.”
“If an animal has to be sacrificed when a new bridge is built, what will it take to build a whole new world?”
“You should own nothing except what you can carry on your back at a dead run.”