
Life Without and Life Within (1859), The One In All
Source: The Book of Lost Things
Life Without and Life Within (1859), The One In All
“You have as much laughter as you have faith.”
1990s, The Rum Diary (1998)
Context: Most people who deal in words don't have much faith in them and I am no exception — especially the big ones like Happy and Love and Honest and Strong. They are too elusive and far too relative when you compare them to sharp, mean little words like Punk and Cheap and Phony. I feel at home with these, because they are scrawny and easy to pin, but the big ones are tough and it takes either a priest or a fool to use them with any confidence.
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, CNN, October 30, 2008 http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0810/30/sitroom.02.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4zRnr2FOCc
“… because when people have seen you at their worst, you don't have to put on the mask as much.”
Source: Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith