This is what the Sabbath should feel like. A pause. Not just a minor pause, but a major pause. Not just lowering the volume, but a muting. As the famous rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel put it, the Sabbath is a sanctuary in time.
A.J. JacobsI can’t help but notice that you keep writing love poetry to my wife. Well, you see, I married her, which makes her my wife. You know what you might want to try? Writing some poems about the sunset. The sunset isn’t fucking married.
A.J. JacobsEzekiel and his fellow prophets have become my heroes. They were fearless. They literalized metaphors. They turned their lives into protest pieces. They proved that, in the name of truth, sometimes you can't be afraid to take a left turn from polite society and look absurd.
A.J. JacobsI've rarely said the word "Lord," unless it's followed by "of the Rings.
A.J. JacobsIch habe mehr vergessen, als die meisten Menschen in ihrem ganzen Leben lernen.
A.J. JacobsIt comes back to the old question: How can the Bible be so wise in some places and so barbaric in others? And why should we put any faith in a book that includes such brutality?
A.J. JacobsI thought religion would make me live with my head in the clouds, but as often as not, it grounds me in this world.
A.J. JacobsSometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
A.J. JacobsJealousy is a useless, time-wasting emotion that's eating me alive.
A.J. JacobsWhat seems terrible at first may turn out to be a great thing. You can't predict.
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