This is a book about Heaven. I know it now. It floats among us like a …

Wendell Berry
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This is a book about Heaven. I know it now. It floats among us like a cloud and is the realest thing we know and the least to be captured, the least to be possessed by anybody for himself. It is like a grain of mustard seed, which you cannot see among the crumbs of earth where it lies. It is like the reflection of the trees on the water. ✨ Wendell Berry (2000). Jayber Crow: A Novel, Counterpoint LLC
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