Faced with the Divine, people took refuge in the banal, as though answering a cosmic multiple-choice question: If … - Mary Doria Russell

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Sometimes it made her want to put her fist through glass; other times, it made her cry a river.

Mary Doria Russell

Faced with the Divine, people took refuge in the banal, as though answering a cosmic multiple-choice question: If you saw a burning bush, would you (a) call 911, (b) get the hot dogs, or (c) recognize God? A vanishingly small number of people would recognize God, Anne had decided years before, and most of them had simply missed a dose of Thorazine.

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