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David James Duncan quotes: Not a Saint!" Akasha proclaimed, in bricks. "This is the Tomb of God Incarnate!""Always did figure that sucker was dead," muttered Waites.

Not a Saint!" Akasha proclaimed, in bricks. "This is the Tomb of God Incarnate!"
"Always did figure that sucker was dead," muttered Waites.

David James Duncan quotes: When experience flies into realms that language cannot touch, honesty demands beyond-language.

When experience flies into realms that language cannot touch, honesty demands beyond-language.

David James Duncan quotes: We hear nothing so clearly as what comes out of silence.

We hear nothing so clearly as what comes out of silence.

David James Duncan quotes: Besides a Scientist Marion is also a Pacifist and an Atheist. This means she is basically against most things, such as War, Sports, and God.

Besides a Scientist Marion is also a Pacifist and an Atheist. This means she is basically against most things, such as War, Sports, and God.

David James Duncan quotes: Peter didn't want to change the world: he wanted to fully comprehend it.

Peter didn't want to change the world: he wanted to fully comprehend it.

David James Duncan quotes: But churches always have been the leading cause of the need for churches.

But churches always have been the leading cause of the need for churches.

David James Duncan quotes: I started having doubts right on top of my certainty.

I started having doubts right on top of my certainty.

David James Duncan quotes: Ecosystems are holy. The word "environmental" is a deadly compromise itself. It's a policy word that lives only in the head, and barely there.

Ecosystems are holy. The word "environmental" is a deadly compromise itself. It's a policy word that lives only in the head, and barely there.

David James Duncan quotes: I felt a rush of trustfelt that life might be not just tolerable but beautiful, if I could only remember to find the bare Present.

I felt a rush of trust
felt that life might be not just tolerable but beautiful, if I could only remember to find the bare Present.

David James Duncan quotes: The crowd-pleasing, pilfered genre had mated with democracy and produced a seemingly invincible bastard: government by force of farce.

The crowd-pleasing, pilfered genre had mated with democracy and produced a seemingly invincible bastard: government by force of farce.

David James Duncan quotes: An eye for an eye is smart, see, but love is dumb, lovers are fools.

An eye for an eye is smart, see, but love is dumb, lovers are fools.

David James Duncan quotes: My books are inert as cordwood till a reader's imagination ignites one and an old flame jumps to life.

My books are inert as cordwood till a reader's imagination ignites one and an old flame jumps to life.

David James Duncan quotes: Your strange!" she gushed. (She meant "You're," but Peter felt absolutely certain that she was one of those people who spell it "Your.")

Your strange!" she gushed. (She meant "You're," but Peter felt absolutely certain that she was one of those people who spell it "Your.")

David James Duncan quotes: More details explain things more, but less details confuse things less,

More details explain things more, but less details confuse things less,

David James Duncan quotes: I gave him everything from my lunches I hate, which is called Charity.

I gave him everything from my lunches I hate, which is called Charity.

David James Duncan quotes: But any gathering of eight human beings has an astounding potential for complication.

But any gathering of eight human beings has an astounding potential for complication.

David James Duncan quotes: It's strange the way everybody has their own pet notion about Jesus, and nobody's pet notion seems to agree with anybody else's.

It's strange the way everybody has their own pet notion about Jesus, and nobody's pet notion seems to agree with anybody else's.

David James Duncan quotes: And like many a Christian before them, they completely forgot that the only sword-shaped weapon Jesus ever actually used was the one He died on.

And like many a Christian before them, they completely forgot that the only sword-shaped weapon Jesus ever actually used was the one He died on.

David James Duncan quotes: And into the brown paper bag of my heart, Eddy slipped a smile.

And into the brown paper bag of my heart, Eddy slipped a smile.

David James Duncan quotes: Suffering is above, not below. And everyone thinks that suffering is below. And everyone wants to rise. - Antonio Porchia

Suffering is above, not below. And everyone thinks that suffering is below. And everyone wants to rise. - Antonio Porchia

David James Duncan quotes: I felt free to like all three of these men now, because I'd realized I didn't have to become them.

I felt free to like all three of these men now, because I'd realized I didn't have to become them.

David James Duncan quotes: The best way to strip the allure and dreaminess from a lifelong dream is, very often, simply to have it come true.

The best way to strip the allure and dreaminess from a lifelong dream is, very often, simply to have it come true.

David James Duncan quotes: It is a rare high school teacher who enjoys seeing their world being enormously improved upon by youths.

It is a rare high school teacher who enjoys seeing their world being enormously improved upon by youths.

David James Duncan quotes: Baseball is not life. It is a fiction, a metaphor. And a ballplayer is a man who agrees to uphold that metaphor as though lives were at stake.

Baseball is not life. It is a fiction, a metaphor. And a ballplayer is a man who agrees to uphold that metaphor as though lives were at stake.

David James Duncan quotes: Is the work of sun worshippers to honor those who think they can see the sun? Or to worship the sun?

Is the work of sun worshippers to honor those who think they can see the sun? Or to worship the sun?

David James Duncan quotes: And onto the screen pops a couple of housewives who start having a poop fit when they see how clean their new dish soap got the dinner plates

And onto the screen pops a couple of housewives who start having a poop fit when they see how clean their new dish soap got the dinner plates

David James Duncan quotes: Writers are used to being re-created, and need it.

Writers are used to being re-created, and need it.

David James Duncan quotes: I'm back!" he told Life.

I'm back!" he told Life.

David James Duncan quotes: But I finally concluded that it is an inalienable right of lovers everywhere to become temporarily worthless to the world, it may even be their duty.

But I finally concluded that it is an inalienable right of lovers everywhere to become temporarily worthless to the world, it may even be their duty.

David James Duncan quotes: The principles that will save Earth's life are the same principles that save the living souls of humans: ineluctable spiritual principles.

The principles that will save Earth's life are the same principles that save the living souls of humans: ineluctable spiritual principles.

David James Duncan quotes: The environment, what surrounds you, is so alive and delightful and complex.

The environment, what surrounds you, is so alive and delightful and complex.

David James Duncan quotes: I'd taken a big fat crisis off my shoulders and loaded it all on Jesus, which seemed unfair in a way, but was exactly what the Bible recommended.

I'd taken a big fat crisis off my shoulders and loaded it all on Jesus, which seemed unfair in a way, but was exactly what the Bible recommended.

David James Duncan quotes: To defy the God of Progress is often to marry the Goddess of Poverty.

To defy the God of Progress is often to marry the Goddess of Poverty.

David James Duncan quotes: She might be all right, Freddy said. But she sure is dead.

She might be all right, Freddy said. But she sure is dead.

David James Duncan quotes: Fiction writing feels more honest to me.

Fiction writing feels more honest to me.

David James Duncan quotes: Life is short. It's God's fault. Sorry.

Life is short. It's God's fault. Sorry.

David James Duncan quotes: Him, trying to do the same.

Him, trying to do the same.

David James Duncan quotes: Did you hear about the baby just born that was both sexes? It had a penis and a brain. - overheard at the University of Oregon Medical School

Did you hear about the baby just born that was both sexes? It had a penis and a brain. - overheard at the University of Oregon Medical School

David James Duncan quotes: This man obviously contained some sort of catalytic converter that rendered the filth of his language as natural and inoffensive as dirt in a garden.

This man obviously contained some sort of catalytic converter that rendered the filth of his language as natural and inoffensive as dirt in a garden.