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The seventh expression was a blend of the look of a hungry child, the gaze of an angry ball, and the stern countenance of God. The report records that the creators were questioned as to how they came up with the countenance of God, and their famous response was, “We used a mirror.”

— Jeffrey Ford Crackpot Palace (2012)

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He kneels and prays to heaven but nothing happens.

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Nothing is more comforting to people than to have their certainties trumpeted back to them in bold, clear typeface.

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You are no more nor less than any man—a hungry heart and a wavering will.

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They’ve told so many lies in their lives that they’ve run out and can now tell only the truth.

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What good is the illusion of fiction if it cannot show us a way to become the people we need to be?

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