I used to lie between cool, clean sheets at night after I'd had a bath, after I had washed my hair and scrubbed my knuckles and finger-nails and teeth. Then I could lie quite still in the dark with my…

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That satisfied me until I began to figure that if God loved all his children...

That satisfied me until I began to figure that if God loved all his children...

I couldn't get that same feeling during the day, with my hands in dirty dish...

I couldn't get that same feeling during the day, with my hands in dirty dish...

It puzzled me that other people hadn't found out, too. God was gone. We were...

It puzzled me that other people hadn't found out, too. God was gone. We were...

I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's...

I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's...

But I was sure of one thing. If God were a father, with children, that...

But I was sure of one thing. If God were a father, with children, that...

I think God just died of old age. And, when I realized that he wasn't...

I think God just died of old age. And, when I realized that he wasn't...

The Sunday School teacher talked too much in the way our grade school teacher used...

The Sunday School teacher talked too much in the way our grade school teacher used...

I just knew that God wasn't there. He was a man on a throne in...

I just knew that God wasn't there. He was a man on a throne in...

The more people pointed at me in scorn the more stubborn I got and when...

The more people pointed at me in scorn the more stubborn I got and when...

I went to Sunday School and liked the stories about Christ and the Christmas star....

I went to Sunday School and liked the stories about Christ and the Christmas star....

There comes a point when a dream becomes reality and reality becomes a dream.

There comes a point when a dream becomes reality and reality becomes a dream.

I wondered a little why God was such a useless thing. It seemed a waste...

I wondered a little why God was such a useless thing. It seemed a waste...

I didn't think then, and I still don't, that I was actually sick.

I didn't think then, and I still don't, that I was actually sick.

If a person is treated like a patient, they are apt to act like one.

If a person is treated like a patient, they are apt to act like one.

I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's...

I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's...

Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part...

Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part...

I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in...

I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in...

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the...

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the...

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall...

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall...

Every day we live is a priceless gift of God, loaded with possibilities to learn...

Every day we live is a priceless gift of God, loaded with possibilities to learn...

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.

Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.

Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.

Love is bullshit. Emotion is bullshit. I am a rock. A jerk. I'm an uncaring...

Love is bullshit. Emotion is bullshit. I am a rock. A jerk. I'm an uncaring...