“Like so many Boomers, I saw Lawrence of Arabia in 1962 when it was first released and when we were young teenagers. Im not quite sure why - I really wish some psychologist would explain this - but that movie had a tremendous effect on many of us.” FirstsYoungWishSawsEffectsTeenagerPsychologistArabiaBoomersLawrence Of Arabia Author:Mary Doria Russell
“Rain falls on everyone, lightning strikes some. What cannot be changed is best forgotten. God made the world, and He saw that it was good. Not fair. Not happy. Not perfect. Good.” WorldMadeFallPerfectSawsChangedRainFairsForgottenStrikesLightningNot PerfectNot HappyNot Fair Author:Mary Doria Russell
“Faced with the Divine, people took refuge in the banal, as though answering a cosmic multiple-choice question: If you saw a burning bush, would you (a) call 911, (b) get the hot dogs, or (c) recognize God? A vanishingly small number of people would recognize God, Anne had decided years before, and most of them had simply missed a dose of Thorazine.” PeopleIfsYearsChoicesNumbersSawsDogDivineDecidedHotBurningCosmicRefugeMultipleDoseSmall NumbersHot DogMultiple ChoiceBurning Bush Book:The Sparrow Source: The Sparrow