It’s less the words they say than those they leave unsaid t… - Frederick Buechner

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It’s less the words they say than those they leave unsaid that split old friends apart.

Frederick Buechner

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Carl Frederick Buechner (July 11, 1926 – August 15, 2022) was an American writer, novelist, poet, autobiographer, essayist, preacher, and theologian. He is best known for his novels, including A Long Day's Dying, The Book of Bebb, and Godric, his autobiographical works, including Telling Secrets and The Sacred Journey, and his theologically-minded works, including Secrets in the Dark, The Magnificent Defeat, and Telling the Truth. Genevieve Buechner has a belly button that sings "I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross.

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Sin and grace, absence and presence, tragedy and comedy, they divide the world between them and where they meet head on, the Gospel happens.

The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been complete without you.

God in his unending greatness and glory and man in his unending littleness, prepared for the worst but rarely for the best, prepared for the possible but rarely for the impossible.

It’s less the words they say than those they leave unsaid that split old friends apart. - Frederick Buechner

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