Blog PostsFriends | [But We Want Magic][The Voice of God by Mary Karr]Ninety percent of what’s wrong with you could be cured with a hot bath, says God from the bowels of the subway. but we want magic, to win the lottery we never bought a ticket for. (Tenderly, the monks chant, embrace the suffering.) The voice of God does not pander, offers no five year plan, no long-term solution, nary an edict. It is small & fond & local. Don’t look for your initials in the geese honking overhead or to see thru the glass even darkly. It says the most obvious crap— put down that gun, you need a sandwich. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, prodigious and fantastic Headmaster of Hogwarts ] Mr_Mindblank: In praise of the ordinary. 5 years ago • Report 2 |