I stalled reading Ross McCullough’s The Body of This Death over a month ago, mostly I’d say for reasons also mentioned by Mr. ReaderJohn — namely, its notebook aphorisms quality, which does not promote page turning. But the book does reward at random. It’s nothing if not interesting.
“The perfect, blurry image of the child you imagined is replaced with this child, with your child, and there is no going back.” — Hannah LaGrand
Staring at the walls - With a word from Hannah Arendt
Touching grass, smelling grass lilies
Sleddin’ leaves
Q: What are you doin’, Bubba?
A: You just sittin’ on Jack-Dog reading the Constitution.
Umm, I was wondering if maybe you could scratch my ears and then take me for a walk…
Hauerwas: “If we are honest, we cannot resist the conclusion—Judas is appealing.”
