"Someone who didn't know there was such a thing in the world as Death; who couldn't believe it even when he saw it; had never dreamed it would come to him. Flapping crows. Shiny beetles crawling in the undergrowth. A patch of sky, frozen in a cloudy retina, reflected in a puddle on the ground. Yoo-hoo. Being and nothingness. ...I am the Resurrection and the life; he who believeth in Me, even if he die, shall live; and whoseover liveth and believeth in Me shall never die...."
January 1, 1970
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