So the gods must mean something else,” said Jix. “God, not gods!” insisted Johnnie. Nick threw up his hands. “God, gods, or whatever,” said Nick. “Right now, it doesn’t matter whether it’s Jesus, or Kukulcan, or a dancing bear at the end of the tunnel. What matters is that we have a clue, and we have to figure it out.” “Why?” Johnnie asked again. “Why does God – excuse me, I mean ‘the Light of Universal Whatever’- why does it just give us a freakin’ impossible clue? Why can’t it just tell us what we’re supposed to do?” “Because,” said Mikey. “the Dancing Bear wants us to suffer.
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KAMAND KOJOURI Are you gay, Cherie? Me, No… I’m not anything… I-I mean I prefer not to indulge, I stamm... DARWUN ST. JAMES Just because we don't understand why they'd cover up something doesn't mean they aren't," Bobby said... AMANDA HOCKING Why do we have to do this in the middle of the night?” Taylor asked. “Because we don’t wa... MICHAEL GRANT You think too much," Lucas said to me on the banks of the White River the next day. "I think to... JOHN COREY WHALEY You know what else he said?" Anne Marie asked. "Tell me," I said. I didn't want to know, ... BROCK CLARKE I only know what it is that's wrong with him; not why it is." And what is it?" asked Lucy fearf... E.M. FORSTER Aurora sagged. "Why is it," she asked, "that every time I'm with you two we end up stealing somethin... DEREK LANDY I said, somewhat confused, “What’s the problem?” [Kristy] rolled her eyes. Beside her, Mo... 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Master!....I will fight for you to the end!.... ELIZABETH GEORGE SPEARE We’ve got to get these guys to Bubba’s. Anyone got a clue how to do it? (Nick) They gotta b... SHERRILYN KENYON It's the oasis," said the camel driver. "Well, why don't we go there right now?" the boy asked.... PAULO COELHO If it all be for naught, for nothingness at last, Why does God make the world so fair? Why spi... ANON. Oh, God," Lori said without looking at me, "what are they thinking, leaving the two of us alone out ... JENNIFER ECHOLS Tikkun olam.” Exactly. Basically, it says that the world has been broken into pieces. A... DAVID LEVITHAN Of course men can’t know you when you’re unclean,’ said Hilda. ‘It says so in the Bible. Tha... FAY WELDON I'm told I have the body of a god." "A Greek god, or one of those gods with the horse hea... SARAH REES BRENNAN Kiss me,” she said urgently. Sam’s eyes flickered with mild surprise. “Right now?�... LISA KLEYPAS How do we get there? How did you get here, by the way?' 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DEBRA ROBERTS Do you love me?” Diana asked. Caine’s eyes widened. She could actually see him twitch. Like... MICHAEL GRANT I don’t have a philosophy: I have senses... If I talk about Nature, it’s not because I know... ALBERTO CAEIRO Make a wish," said Indigo. Rose made a wish and then asked, "Why?" "That's what I always d... HILARY MCKAY Devereaux is going with our pitch.” “Hey, that’s just great,” I said superperkily. “W... MARIAN KEYES Can you think what the Mirror of Erised shows us all?" Harry shook his head. "Let me expl... J.K. ROWLING Like you and me," said Jade. "How we used to be." "What do you mean? Crazy?" "... SCOTT SPENCER You know, sometimes I think this is just not it,” he said, his glasses flashing from the early nig... DANIEL AMORY What does the Lord God requires of us: To love what is good. To do justice. To do wha... LAILAH GIFTY AKITA You know what, Sam? We created the council to take pressure off of you. Because you were falling apa... MICHAEL GRANT As the cheering continued, Rhyme leaned forward and touched Milo gently on the shoulder. "The... NORTON JUSTER I was reminded just why God wants us to forgive. Not simply because it’s the key to a better world... GAYLE FORMAN So you're always honest," I said. "Aren't you?" "No," I told him. "I'm not." "Well, t... SARAH DESSEN Oooh, that was fun." "That does it," said Jace. "I'm going to get you a dictionary for Christma... CASSANDRA CLARE What if I told you Jesus came to abolish religion? What if I told you getting you to vote Republican... JEFFERSON BETHKE But what does he do to qualify as a sonovabitch?” Jenny asked. “Make me”, I replied. ERICH SEGAL The beauty of having faith, is that no matter what the time of day, whether it be day or night I kno... ANTHONY T. HINCKS Nature is what we know. We do not know the gods of religions. And nature is not kind, or merciful, o... THOMAS A. EDISON Jade: The Devil goes to God and says, "you think Job is your faithful servant, but if you took away ... NICK SPENCER Good Morning!" said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But G... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Why are you here?” “Oh— I came to tell the chieftain we’re going to die.” The girl sa... MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN Now, now," Bast said. "It's not so bad." "Right," I said. "We're stuck in Washington, D.C. We h... RICK RIORDAN Well, sir, do you mean to remain there, commending my father’s taste in wine, or do you mean to ac... GEORGETTE HEYER Look. I don’t want to push you into anything, but do you maybe want to —” “Call Magnus? Look... CASSANDRA CLARE Tell me my copy is missing the last twenty pages or something. Hazel Grace, tell me I hav... JOHN GREEN I like holding it at the base.” It’s too long for you,” he insisted, “which is w... LISA KLEYPAS But what would have been the good?" Aslan said nothing. "You mean," said Lucy rather fai... C.S. LEWIS Basch: So why don't you ask her out? The Runt: I'm scared she wouldn't like me and say no... SAMUEL SHEM Another version of the “Prosperity Gospel” or “Name It and Claim It” teaching has to do with... ERIC METAXAS Astrid found the hem of his T-shirt and pulled it up over his head. She unbuckled his belt and shove... MICHAEL GRANT You don’t understand,” my dad said. “They stop you.” “Who? What are you talkin... CRISTINA HENRIQUEZ But anyone can write, right?'" Conner asked. "I mean, that's why authors get judged so harshly, isn'... CHRIS COLFER I look up, and he’s searching my eyes, just like he did after kissing me for the first time in the... BETH REVIS In strange ways hard to know gods come to men. Many a thing past hope they have fulfilled, EDITH HAMILTON I said, I know why you’re afraid to fight with me.” "And why is that?” If he flexed again... ILONA ANDREWS Mom." I couldn't believe she was doing this again. She was taking this moment, this time when I was ... 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NEAL BOORTZ The people we've got now, they're tired of losing. They've got the winning mentality now. ALEX NEAL That was the easiest to score from. ALEX NEAL It was kind of a street brawl. ALEX NEAL Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bombs," I said. "We have a protractor. NEAL STEPHENSON The House of Representatives was not designed to sit idly by and rubberstamp every piece of legislat... NEAL BOORTZ Greed: A word commonly used by liberals, low achievers, anti-capitalists and society's losers to den... NEAL BOORTZ Usually, I take a hike for a while after submitting a column to Townhall. Too much of my insensitivi... NEAL BOORTZ It's going to be very competitive. That's why you have to rely on your innovation and your speed. NEAL HUNTER This is still a very marketable crop. Almost every year you have something NEAL FISHER followers of Karl Marx NEAL BOORTZ Let me say at the outset that I do not reflexively oppose international trade. RICHARD NEAL (Myers) did a good job on the inside. She and Julie Hayes limited the touches that Jackie Weaver got... DALE NEAL I want to be very careful I don't minimize the event because if it's your car or your home, it's not... CHRIS NEAL A lot of people out there pay good lip service to the idea of personal freedom... right up to the po... NEAL BOORTZ They knew many things but had no idea why. And strangely this made them more, rather than less, cert... NEAL STEPHENSON It could be a very hazardous job. You are going up and down ladders all day and sometimes climbing o... CHRIS NEAL Flood stage is at 13 feet. At 14 feet it starts overflowing into the vineyards. When it reaches 15 f... NEAL O'HAIRE The mosquitoes become infected, and you can create a reservoir of West Nile virus in that local regi... NEAL COHEN It is what you don't expect... that most needs looking for. NEAL STEPHENSON Sometimes we just get in these little modes ... where we don't hustle as much. Then we get that one ... CONNIE NEAL She skated great, but emotionally it was a very low-key thing. It's coming up again. NEAL MARSHALL Warmer than normal Januarys have a penchant for producing surprisingly strong payroll numbers. NEAL SOSS These regulations aren't about stopping a Wal-Mart. These regulations are about making Stafford a be... NEAL CUNNINGHAM Legal dialogue is awesome, but you can't ad lib. It's much more fun to be looser and say thi... DIANE NEAL Hiro is a talented drifter. This is the kind of lifestyle that sounded romantic to him as recently a... NEAL STEPHENSON Besides, interesting things happen along borders—transitions—not in the middle where everything ... NEAL STEPHENSON Software development, like professional sports, has a way of making thirty-year-old men feel decrepi... NEAL STEPHENSON The sight of the bare katana inspires everyone to a practically Nipponese level of politeness NEAL STEPHENSON Jack the sound barrier. Bring the noise. NEAL STEPHENSON All these beefy Caucasians with guns. Get enough of them together,looking for the America they alway... NEAL STEPHENSON The Deliverator belongs to an elite order, a hallow subcategory. He's got esprit up to here. Right n... NEAL STEPHENSON Supposing that originally there was nothing but one creator, how could ordinary binary sexual relati... NEAL STEPHENSON All people have religions. It's like we have religion receptors built into our brain cells, or somet... NEAL STEPHENSON When it gets down to it — talking trade balances here — once we've brain-drained all our technol... NEAL STEPHENSON The franchise and the virus work on the same principle, what thrives in one place will thrive in ano... NEAL STEPHENSON Shit, if I took time out to have an opinion about everything, I wouldn't get any work done. NEAL STEPHENSON He turns off the techno-shit in his goggles. All it does is confuse him; he stands there reading sta... NEAL STEPHENSON It’s, like, one of them drug dealer boats,” Vic says, looking through his magic sight. “Five g... NEAL STEPHENSON ..this is just like life must be for about 99 percent of the people in the world. You're in this pla... NEAL STEPHENSON When the Deliverator puts the hammer down, shit happens. NEAL STEPHENSON We are all susceptible to the pull of viral ideas. Like mass hysteria. Or a tune that gets into your... NEAL STEPHENSON This Snow Crash thing--is it a virus, a drug, or a religion?” Juanita shrugs. “What'... NEAL STEPHENSON Well, all information looks like noise until you break the code. NEAL STEPHENSON Most countries are static, all they need to do is keep having babies. But America's like this big ol... NEAL STEPHENSON