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“Despite their depressing circumstances, the Hernandez family had a certain dignity and strength about them. They were Christians, and they taught their children that God loved them and had a plan f...”
“Pete couldn't believe how sanctimonious somebody could be just because they'd once had a soldering iron stuck up their arse.”
“It is much harder than you might think to show people your bottom.”
“My soul is a black maelstrom, a great madness spinning about a vacuum, the swirling of a vast ocean around a hole in the void, and in the waters, more like whirlwinds than waters, float images of a...”
“The sea may catch fire, the planets may collide in space, the sun may quench off its heat, but what we understand is that our peace is like a river in our souls; it's surface may wave about in turb...”
“Being unheard is the ground floor of giving up, and giving up is the ground floor of doing yourself in. Its not so much, whats the point? Its more like, whats the difference?”
“We tend to perseverate on the fact that as far as we might have fallen, theres always another bottom underneath the one were laying on. Yet, for every bottom underneath us, theres always endless op...”
“I pray that I am never so foolishly naive or roguishly pompous to think that I can be the captain of my own ship, for if God is not at the helm my ship will soon be at the bottom.”
“I'm not trying to put you down, but even if I did, you'd have nowhere to go.”
“It is interesting how - depending on the person in power - our LGBT issues are either right at the top of the list - or right at the very bottom. And almost always for exactly the wrong reasons.”
“A little wanton money, which burned out the bottom of his purse.”
“Being unheard is the ground floor of giving up, and giving up is the ground floor of doing yourself in. It’s not so much, what’s the point? It’s more like, what’s the difference?”
“We tend to perseverate on the fact that as far as we might have fallen, there’s always another bottom underneath the one we’re laying on. Yet, for every bottom underneath us, there’s always endless...”
