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  1. John Irving _ A Prayer for Owen Meany

    Watch out for people who call themselves religious; make sure you know what they mean-- make sure they know what they mean!
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  2. John Irving _ A Prayer for Owen Meany

    Kad vam umre osoba koju volite, a vi to ne očekujete, ne gubite je odjednom. Gubite je dugo, u komadićima - baš kao što prestaje dolaziti pošta s njezinim imenom i njen miris lagano blijedi s jastuka, pa čak i s odjeće u njenom ormaru i ladicama. I baš kada dođe dan u kojem vas neki poseban komadić koji nedostaje preplavi osjećajem da je nestala zauvijek, dođe drugi dan i neki drugi poseban komadić.
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  3. John Irving _ A Prayer for Owen Meany

    What do Americans know about morality? They don't want their presidents to have penises but they don't mind if their presidents covertly arrange to support the Nicaraguan rebel forces after Congress has restricted such aid; they don't want their presidents to deceive their wives but they don't mind if their presidents deceive Congress - lie to the people and violate the people's constitution! What Mr. Hart should have said was that nothing UNUSUALLY immoral had occurred, or that what happened was only TYPICALLY immoral; or that he was testing his abilities to deceive the American people by deceiving his wife first - and that he hoped the people would see by this example that he was immoral enough to be good presidential material!
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  4. John Irving _ A Prayer for Owen Meany

    I should know better than to read even as much as a headline in The New York Times; although, as I've often pointed out to my students at Bishop Strachan this newspaper's use of the semicolon is exemplary.Reagan DeclaresFirmness on Gulf;Plans are UnclearIsn't that classic? I don't mean the semicolon; I mean, isn't that just what the world needs? Unclear firmness! That is typical American policy: don't be clear, but be firm!
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  5. John Irving _ A Prayer for Owen Meany

    Когда неожиданно умирает любимый человек, ты теряешь его не сразу. Это происходит постепенно, шаг за шагом, на протяжении долгого времени, - так перестают приходить письма, - вот улетучился знакомый запах из подушек, а потом из одежного шкафа и ящиков. Постепенно ты накапливаешь в сознании какие-то исчезающие частички этого человека; а потом наступает день, когда замечаешь: исчезло что-то особое, и охватывает щемящее чувство, что этого человека больше нет и никогда не будет; а потом приходит еще день, и оказывается, что исчезло что-то еще…
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  6. John Irving _ A Prayer for Owen Meany

    GOD HAS TAKEN YOUR MOTHER. MY HANDS WERE THE INSTRUMENT. GOD HAS TAKEN MY HANDS. I AM GOD'S INSTRUMENT.
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  7. John Irving _ A Prayer for Owen Meany

    THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GET AMERICANS TO NOTICE ANYTHING IS TO TAX THEM OR DRAFT THEM OR KILL THEM," Owen said. He said that once-when Hester proposed abolishing the draft. "IF YOU ABOLISH THE DRAFT," said Owen Meany, "MOST AMERICANS WILL SIMPLY STOP CARING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD."
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  8. John Irving _ A Prayer for Owen Meany

    Therefore, there must be a first mover existing above all-and this we call God.
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  9. John Irving _ A Prayer for Owen Meany

    And the trick of having faith, he said, was that it was necessary to believe in God without any great or even remotely reassuring evidence that we don't inhabit a godless universe.
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  10. John Irving _ A Prayer for Owen Meany

    God creates us out of love, but we don't want God, or we don't believe in Him, or we pay very poor attention to Him. Nevertheless, God continues to love us-at least, He continues to try to get our attention. Pastor Merrill made religion seem reasonable. And the trick of having faith, he said, was that it was necessary to believe in God without any great or even remotely reassuring evidence that we don't inhabit a godless universe.
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  11. John Irving _ A Prayer for Owen Meany

    In both classes, Pastor Merrill preached his doubt-is-the-essence-of-and-not-the-opposite-of-faith philosophy
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  12. John Irving _ A Prayer for Owen Meany

    Merrill was most appealing because he reassured us that doubt was the essence of faith, and not faith's opposite.
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