“Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue!”
Eugene O'Neill The Great God Brown
Act 4, Scene 1
The Great God Brown (1926)
“Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue”
Source: Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
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