God can be good and terrible-not in succession-but at the same time. This is why we seek a mediator between us and him; we approach him through the mediating priest and attenuate and enclose him through the sacraments. It is for our own safety: to trap him within confines which render him safe.
Valis (ed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011) - ISBN: 9780547572413