He dumped its contents out on the tablecloth: a gold ring, a gold nugget, and a gold signet seal. Francisco pointed to each. I told you that this was the secret of happiness. The three objects belonged to a rich collector. When he was asleep they arg...
The plant God favors will grow even without rain.
God's goal will be achieved when everyone is content with himself.
You burn incense before the god, and then topple him.
He who is near the Church is often far from God.
Before God and the bus driver we are all equal.
God save me from a bad neighbor and a beginner on the fiddle.
We decide our affairs, then we rest them with God.
The gods just laugh when men pray to them for wealth.
He who doesn't speak will get no help from God.
God wanted to punish mankind, so he created lawyers.
Pray for revenge, and God will turn a deaf ear.
He to whom God gives no sons, the devil gives nephews.
He who leaves his people will be left by God.
Take what you want, God said to man, and pay for it.
The gods sell all things at a fair price.
I had another reason for seeking Him, for trying to espy His face, a professional one. God and literature are conflated in my mind. Why this is, I’m not sure. Perhaps because great books seem heavensent. Perhaps because I know that each nove is a p...
The word "We" is as lime poured over men, which sets and hardens to stone, and crushes all beneath it, and that which is white and that which is black are lost equally in the grey of it. It is the word by which the depraved steal the virtue of the go...
The Council agrees," Zeus said. "Percy Jackson, you will have one gift from the gods." I hesitated. "Any gift?" Zeus nodded grimly. "I know what you will ask. The greatest gift of all. Yes, if you want it, it shall be yours. The gods have not bestowe...
Let's say that the God the Christians pray to is real. He actually exists. But this God is the same as the one that the Jews pray to and the same as the one that the Muslims pray to and whatever other religions are praying to a God, He is the one. On...
Warden: Did you enjoy God's latest gift? Teddy Daniels: What? Warden: God's gift. Your violence. [Daniels looks at him blankly] Warden: When I came downstairs in my home, and I saw that tree in my living room, it reached out for me... a divine hand. ...
