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An Orchestra of Minorities

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“He could smash it. He could sunder that hairy shell and scatter pieces of its crooked legs. He could be human in that last moment. He could exalt in his ability to destroy. But there were more of them crawling through the breach, and he was old, and Lain was older now, and he sought that other human quality, so scarce of late, and put his arms around her, holding the woman as tightly to him as he dared, the stick clattering to the floor.”

LoveViolenceHuman Nature
Book:Children of Time
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“Walaupun bukan penganut agama Katolik, kusertai anakku membakar lilin di depan patung Bunda Maria dan Santo Petrus. Dalam hati kumohon Tuhan memberikan semua yang terbaik bagi anak bungsuku. Sebenarnya aku tidak memerlukan patung atau lilin guna menyertai doaku. Setiap saat setiap waktu, begitu teringat kepada kebesaran Tuhanm aku langsung menyebut namaNya sambil mengatakan doa maupun permohonan. "Tuhan itu pemilik semesta alam!" kata ibuku. "Dia mengerti semua bahasa di dunia. Tanpa kauucapkan pun, Dia mengetahui isi batinmu.”

GodReligionPrayerSpiritualism
Book:Dari Rue Saint Simon ke Jalan Lembang
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“Idolatry is inherently paradoxical. Were we an ideally-flawed replication of the divine, free-thinking, history-repeating links in an outcast chain on a smaller, mortal scale, or is our imperfection a special dispensation? Are we a sly thought experiment? Shouldn't those we admire reflect this duality and our shared humanity — not a perfection that never was and never will be?”

PhilosophyHuman NatureExistentialismRebellionImperfectionLearning From MistakesIdolatryIntellectual FreedomShared HumanityHistory Repeats
Author:Stewart Stafford
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