Quotes from book
Only Begotten Daughter

Only Begotten Daughter is a 1990 fantasy novel written by James Morrow, setting the stage for his later Godhead Trilogy. The book shared the 1991 World Fantasy Award with Ellen Kushner's Thomas the Rhymer. It was also nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1990, and both the Locus and John W. Campbell Memorial Awards in 1991.


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“What good is it having God for a mother if she never sends you a birthday card?”

Source: Only Begotten Daughter (1990), Chapter 3 (p. 50)

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“People are always asking, does God exist? Of course she does. The real question: what is she like?”

Source: Only Begotten Daughter (1990), Chapter 4 (p. 69)

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“What enormous potential for intermittent happiness the world offered.”

Source: Only Begotten Daughter (1990), Chapter 2 (p. 37)

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“Babies are like kittens, Julie, they grow into something much more sinister.”

Source: Only Begotten Daughter (1990), Chapter 15 (p. 258)

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““You’re not very religious, are you?” said Irene.
“I’m more into gravity.””

Source: Only Begotten Daughter (1990), Chapter 15 (p. 256)

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“You wouldn’t like him. Major fanatic. Confuses migraine headaches with God.”

Source: Only Begotten Daughter (1990), Chapter 4 (p. 84)

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“There are none so blind as those who see angels…None so deaf as those who hear gods.”

Source: Only Begotten Daughter (1990), Chapter 17 (p. 288)

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“Hell was not perfect, but it was paradise compared with New Jersey.”

Source: Only Begotten Daughter (1990), Chapter 10 (p. 174)

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