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Where there is an emptiness, the mind will obligingly fill it up. Fear is always at hand to supply any vacancies, as is curiosity.
The Testaments
Margaret Atwood
Jesus is supracultural. He is present within all cultures, and yet outside of all cultures. He is for all people, and yet he refuses to be co-opted or owned by any one culture. That includes any Christian culture. Any denomination. Any church. Any theological system. We can point to him, name him, follow him, discuss him, honor him, and believe in him—but we cannot claim him to be ours any more than he’s anyone else’s. Access to him can actually function in a strangely inverse way.
The light in the room looked seedy, dismal. It weighed on her like fog, insubstantial but chilling. It congealed time.
The Parasite
Ramsey Campbell
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