“Teenagers who do not go to church are adored by God, but they don't get to meet some of the people who love God back.”
“I go to church every Sunday, which is like going to the gas station once a week and really, really filling up.”
“I loved every second of Catholic church. I loved the sickly sweet rotting-pomegranate smells of the incense. I loved the overwrought altar, the birdbath of holy water, the votive candles; I loved that there was a poor box, the stations of the cross rendered in stained glass on the windows.”
“Once an old woman at my church said the secret is that God loves us exactly the way we are and that he loves us too much to let us stay like this, and I'm just trying to trust that.”
“I feel incredibly successful. I make a living as a writer and am able to help support a big family, my church, my bleeding-heart causes.”
“I went to church with my grandparents sometimes and I loved it.”
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