In polite society, we call our obsessions hobbies.
We don't know the days that will change our lives. Probably just as well.
God always punishes us for what we can't imagine.
we need ghost stories because we, in fact, are the ghosts.
if you tell yourself the great lie of bad art-that you are in charge-your chance at the truth will be lost. The truth isn't always pretty.
You said 'God is cruel' the way a person who's lived his whole life on Tahiti might say 'Snow is cold'. You knew, but you didn't understand." He stepped close to David and put his palms on the boy's cold cheeks. "Do you know how cruel your God can be, David. How fantastically cruel?