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What do Israel, the king, angels, and Jewish religious ecstatics have in common? All have a close relationship with God. That is, “Son of God” is a relational metaphor, pointing to an intimate relationship with God, like that of beloved child to parent.
The Meaning of Jesus
Marcus J. Borg, N. T. Wright
“I confess I do not believe in time,” writes Nabokov at the end of the ecstatic butterfly chapter in Speak, Memory. “I like to fold my magic carpet, after use, in such a way as to superimpose one part of the pattern upon another.”
The Annotated Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
some of my projects are endlessly roaming like lemmings without a leader.
Eggshells
Caitriona Lally
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