The Divine Invasion

It was a good universe in which an ugly dying dog was of more worth than a classic figure from ancient Greece. He felt the tilted balance right itself, the scales that weighed it all. He felt the honesty of the universe, and his confusion left him.

To the moderator - since for a moment they were off camera - Fulton Harms said, "What's the real estate market like, here in Detroit? I have some funds I want to invest, and office buildings, I've discovered, are about the soundest investments of all."

奥古斯丁听到的也是这两个词：“cape，lege”。这是拉丁文，意思是“拿去，阅读”。

她有时哭泣，常常呕吐——呕吐总不肯放过她。她想，《圣经》里可没提圣母玛利亚得忍受晨吐的折磨。我八成还会水肿，留下妊娠纹。这个，《圣经》里也没说。 “圣母玛利亚有妊娠纹”——这句话倒很适合涂鸦，涂在墙上。

上帝说：“要有光。”其实指的是在《律法书》中闪亮的秘密——那是隐藏其中的、属于创世神本人的原初光亮。这种光亮极为高贵，哪怕被凡人所用，也毫无损伤。因此，上帝将这种光亮包裹在《律法书》最深处。那光亮永不枯竭，与诺斯替教所说的神圣火花相似。诺斯替教徒相信，神性的碎片散落在神创之物中，被不幸封闭于物质躯売——也就是凡俗躯体中。

任何实现愿望的现实，都值得怀疑。欺诈的标志就是：心想事成。