everything is illuminated
this book has changed me.
"Was the world first created or ended? When the Lord our God breathed on the universe, was that a genesis or a revelation? Should we count those seven days forward or backward? How did the apple taste, Adam? And the half a worm you discovered in that sweet and bitter pulp: was that the head or the tail?"
"SADNESSES OF THE COVENANT: Sadness of God's love; Sadness of being God's back [sic], Favorite-child sadness; Sadness of b[eing] sad in front of one's God; Sadness of the opposite of belief [sic]; What if? sadness; Sadness of God alone in Heaven; Sadness of a God who would need people to pray to Him...
"Was the world first created or ended? When the Lord our God breathed on the universe, was that a genesis or a revelation? Should we count those seven days forward or backward? How did the apple taste, Adam? And the half a worm you discovered in that sweet and bitter pulp: was that the head or the tail?"
"SADNESSES OF THE COVENANT: Sadness of God's love; Sadness of being God's back [sic], Favorite-child sadness; Sadness of b[eing] sad in front of one's God; Sadness of the opposite of belief [sic]; What if? sadness; Sadness of God alone in Heaven; Sadness of a God who would need people to pray to Him...