Rumer Godden Quote
Why do religions have edges? asked Teresa.... God is here, said the printed text on the wall. Yes, said Sophie. But, she asked, isn't He everywhere? Then why do they make Him little? And she thought of those edges, pressing against each other, hurting, jarring, offending, barring one human being from another, shutting away their understanding and their souls. Yet if you have no edges, thought Sophie, how lonely, how drifting, you must consent to be.
Rumer Godden
Why do religions have edges? asked Teresa.... God is here, said the printed text on the wall. Yes, said Sophie. But, she asked, isn't He everywhere? Then why do they make Him little? And she thought of those edges, pressing against each other, hurting, jarring, offending, barring one human being from another, shutting away their understanding and their souls. Yet if you have no edges, thought Sophie, how lonely, how drifting, you must consent to be.
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About Rumer Godden
A few of her works were co-written with her elder sister, novelist Jon Godden, including Two Under the Indian Sun, a memoir of the Goddens' childhood in a region of India now part of Bangladesh.