“Real miracles bother people, like strange sudden pains unknown in medical literature. It's true: They rebut every rule all we good citizens take comfort in. Lazarus obeying orders and climbing up out of the grave - now there's a miracle, and you can bet it upset a lot of folks who were standing around at the time. When a person dies, the earth is generally unwilling to cough him back up. A miracle contradicts the will of the earth.” PeoplePersonsRealEarthPainOrderDiesLiteratureStrangeCitizensComfortStandingMiracleFolksMedicalGravesBotherUpsetClimbingUnwillingObeyingGood CitizenClimbing UpLazarus Book:Peace Like a River Source: Peace Like a River
“When a person dies, the earth is generally unwilling to cough him back up. A miracle contradicts the will of earth.” PersonsEarthDiesMiracleUnwilling Book:Peace Like a River Source: Peace Like a River
“You can’t kill history. You can’t shoot it with a bullet and watch it recede into whatever lies outside of memory. History is tougher than that—if it’s going to die, it has to die on its own” IfsLyingDiesMemoriesWatchesBullets Book:So Brave, Young, and Handsome: A Novel Source: So Brave, Young, and Handsome: A Novel
