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NICODEMUS: I will not argue with you about the person of Jesus. His attitude at the trial has shaken me. I was ready to believe him a great teacher, a great prophet, perhaps the Messiah. I can do so no longer. He has claimed to be the Son of God -- not in a figure, but literally -- the right hand of the power and equal partner in the glory. That is either an appalling blasphemy, or else a truth so appalling that it will not bear thinking of.

CAIAPHAS: Are you saying that it might be truth?

NICODEMUS: I dare not. For in that case, what have we done? We have conspired in some unimaginable manner to judge and murder God.

Dorothy L. Sayers, "King of Sorrows," The Man Born to Be King

Got this one here. I hope I haven't already done it -- it looks vaguely familiar, or at least some of it does!

1. One book that changed your life?

The Man Born to Be King by Dorothy L. Sayers.

2. One book you have read more than once?

An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott. I was MAD about this book when I was a teenager.

3. One book you would want on a desert island?

Only one? *sniffle* Guess I would have to go with the Bible (New King James Version). Or How to Build a Boat. (Sorry, old joke.)

4. One book that made you laugh?

Jeeves in the Morning by P. G. Wodehouse.

5. One book that made you cry?

A Tangled Web by L. M. Montgomery.

6. One book you wish had been written?

Whatever Dickens would have written after The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

7. One book you wish had never had been written?

Fifty Shades of Grey. I feel like the mere fact that it exists has lowered the national I.Q. about 10 points.

8. One book you are currently reading?

The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald.

9. One book you have been meaning to read?

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. Yeah, still haven't kept that New Year's resolution yet . . . but we've still got a good portion of the year left!

Consider yourself tagged if you want to do this one!

Current Mood: thoughtful

Mary Magdalen: . . . The Master's the only good man I ever met who knew how miserable it felt to be bad. It was as if he got right inside you, and felt all the horrible things you were doing to yourself. . . . But I don't suppose Judas ever let him in. He was too proud. I think it was harder for him than for people like Matthew and me and that poor robber on the cross. We know we're so awful anyhow that it's no good pretending we're not, even to ourselves. So it doesn't matter if other people come in and see what we're like inside.

John: Blessed are the humble, and the wretched and the poor --

Mary Magdalen: And the lost sheep and the sinners. You know, when the Rabbi said that, he really meant it. . . .

(From The Man Born to Be King by Dorothy L. Sayers. If you haven't read it, please, do yourself a favor and get hold of a copy, even if you're not in the habit of reading plays. It's one of the very best books I've ever read.)

Current Mood: sleepy

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