“God has matured. He is not the impulsive, bowelless being of the Testaments - the vehement glorymonger, with His bag of cheap carny tricks and his booming voice - the fiery huckster with his burning bushes and his wonder wands. Nowadays God knows what He wants and He knows who He wants.”

—  Nick Cave

Euchrid Eucrow in Cave's novel And the Ass Saw the Angel (1988)
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