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The Blood of the Lamb
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A darkly humorous and introspective novel that explores themes of faith, loss, and human mortality.

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Love is the answer, but while you're waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions.

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lovesex

Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think.

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lifetragedycomedy

Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of life.

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religionlife

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children.

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lifeparentschildren

A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but long enough to cover the essentials.

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sermon

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.

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motherhood

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe.

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universemystery

The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction to concern himself with the world that repels him.

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satireknowledge

We are not primarily put on this earth to see through one another but to see one another through.

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empathy

We are all commingled like the colors in a prism: all shades of the rainbow, inseparable.

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diversity