Life isn't like a book. Life isn't logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a mess most of the time. And theology must be lived in the midst of that mess.

  • -- Charles Caleb Colton 英国作家科尔顿

生活不像一本书。生活没有逻辑,没有理智,没有秩序。生活大部分时间都是一团糟。神学必须生活在这种混乱之中。

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Every time I write a new novel about something sombre and sobering and terrible I think, 'oh Lord, they're not going to want to go here'. But they do. Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave.

每次我写一本关于一些阴郁、严肃和可怕的事情的新小说时,我都在想,‘哦,上帝,他们不会想去这里的。’但是他们做的事。我认为,小说的读者阅读是为了更深入地拥抱世界和现实。这是勇敢的。

Kindness and courage can repair time’s faults, And serving him breeds patience and courtesy In us, light sojourners and passing subjects.

善良和勇气可以弥补时间的过失,为他服务可以培养我们的耐心和礼貌,使我们成为无足轻重的过客和过客。