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It seems to me people tend to forget that we are to love our enemies, not to satisfy some standard of righteousness but because God their Father loves them.

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Boughton says he has more ideas about heaven every day. He said, "Mainly I just think about the splendors of the world and multiply by two. I'd multiply by ten or twelve if I had the energy.

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Marilynne Robinson

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Born: November 26, 1943 (age 81)
Bio: Marilynne Summers Robinson is an American novelist and essayist best known for her novels Housekeeping and Gilead.
Known for:
  1. Gilead (2004)
  2. Housekeeping (1980)
  3. When I Was a Child I Read Books: Essays (2012)
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