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One of the things that doesn't come up as much as it should, especially in literary fiction, is this idea of faith and God... I feel like those are things that should be wrestled with... because they are such an integral part of our community on every level. ”
Shirley Jackson enjoyed notoriety and commercial success within her lifetime, and yet it still hardly seems like enough for a writer so singular. When I meet readers and other writers of my generation, I find that mentioning her is like uttering a holy name. ”
I like America, where believers eddy around each other like currents of air. Even our atheists are devout! To be an American is to be a believer. I don't have much faith in institutions, but I still believe in people. ”
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The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the rights of the weak that the duty of the strong is comprised. ”
There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling. ”
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather in spite of ourselves. ”
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. ”
Wisdom is a sacred communion. ”