Fair is whatever God wants to do.
Leif EngerTag: fair
Real miracles bother people, like strange sudden pains unknown in medical literature. It's true: They rebut every rule all we good citizens take comfort in. Lazarus obeying orders and climbing up out of the grave - now there's a miracle, and you can bet it upset a lot of folks who were standing around at the time. When a person dies, the earth is generally unwilling to cough him back up. A miracle contradicts the will of the earth.
Leif EngerTag: wisdom-in-fiction
....her life would be a giddy crossword, working down from some clues and across from others.
Leif EngerTag: books
From my first breath in this world, all I wanted was a good set of lungs and air to fill them with... p 1
Leif EngerNothing could quiet a happy crowd of kids like Mr. Holgren's unannounced appearance -- he loved superintending; he was made for it. So when he marched in that morning with a determined look on his face, we froze. Boys and girls recognize sinister as handily as dogs do. Here it was. My best guess now is he'd got it in his head to try "relating" to us -- but when he produced a paper pilgrim's hat from behind his back and put it on his own head, I think we all nearly bolted.
Leif EngerListening to Dad's guitar, halting yet lovely in the search for phrasing, I thought: Fair is whatever God wants to do.
Leif EngerTag: wisdom-in-fiction
We see a newborn moth unwrapping itself and announce, Look, children, a miracle! But let an irreversible wound be knit back to seamlessness? We won't even see it, though we look at it every day.
Leif EngerGood advice is a wise man's friend, of course; but sometimes it just flies on past, and all you can do is wave.
Leif EngerI prayed the Lord would sort (my prayers) out and answer as needed. Above all that he would hurry.
Leif EngerSometimes heroism is nothing more than patience, curiosity, and a refusal to panic.
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