I'm Very Pop Culture Savvy Now.

You know what I love? Calling it "Christian Mythology." Referring to their god as "The Christian God." Refusing to conform to the idea that their religion is any more valid than anyone else's.

“Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to "die before you die" --- and find that there is no death.”

“There is no certainty; there is only adventure.”

“Your fragile voice, stolen by time, brings me close to you once more.”

“I felt the old pain rise. But I had no strength to hold it in. I shut my mouth with both hands for fear I would howl, for my home, my native town, a great tree blossoming in moonlight. Sometimes I feel things not physically there, but feel them anyway and they hint at a truth, even if it’s hard to unpack till years later.”