This church was open and seemingly unattended, and it was a throwback in another way as well. The … - Lawrence Block

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(Space programs are) a force operating on educational pipelines that stimulate the formation of scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians. . . They're the ones that make tomorrow come. The foundations of economies. . . issue forth from investments we make in science and technology.

Lawrence Block

This church was open and seemingly unattended, and it was a throwback in another way as well. The candles in the little side altars were real ones, actual wax candles that burned with an open flame. Lots of churches have switched over to electrified altars. You drop your quarter in the slot and a flame-shaped bulb goes on and stays on for your quarter's worth of time. It's like a parking meter, and if you stay too long they tow away your soul.

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I wanted a drink. There were a hundred reasons why a man will want a drink, but I wanted one now for the most elementary reason of all. I didn't want to feel what I was feeling, and a voice within was telling me that I needed a drink, that I couldn't bear it without it. But that voice is a liar. You can always bear the pain. It'll hurt, it'll burn like acid in an open wound, but you can stand it. And, as long as you can make yourself go on choosing the pain over the relief, you can keep going.

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