Quotes from God Is Dead

Ron Currie Jr. ·  182 pages

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“I am not your God. Or if I am, I'm no God you can seek out for deliverance or explanation. I'm the kind of God who would eat you without compunction if I were hungry.”
― Ron Currie Jr., quote from God Is Dead


“He forgot about me almost as soon as I disappeared from sight.”
― Ron Currie Jr., quote from God Is Dead


“Compassion is a coat of fur I find particularly ill-fitting.”
― Ron Currie Jr., quote from God Is Dead


“Our departure was as natural and inevitable as the sunrise.”
― Ron Currie Jr., quote from God Is Dead


“Time and again the people still in the camp, realizing they were now trapped, called to God in a hundred different dialects. He laughed and cried at once. He had so many names, yet could not answer to any of them.”
― Ron Currie Jr., quote from God Is Dead



About the author

Ron Currie Jr.
Born place: Waterville, Maine, The United States
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