Tuesday, May 17, 2011

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"ARE YOU TELLING ME CHRIST WAS LUCKY?" Owen asked her. "I WOULD SAY HE COULD HAVE USED A LITTLE MORE LUCK THAN HE HAD. I WOULD SAY HE RAN OUT OF LUCK, AT THE END."

"But Owen," Rector Wiggin said. "He was crucified, yet he rose from the dead—he was resurrected. Isn't the point that he was saved?"

"HE WAS USED," said Owen Meany, who was in a contrary mood.

This book is one of the funniest and most serious books I have ever read! It fundamentally changed the role religion plays in my life. I loved the book so much I refused to see the movie for fear it diminish the inspiration I found in the book.

A Prayer for Owen Meany movie trailer

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