Carolina QuotesThe Old Man never held forth much on formal religion. He said he reckoned a man knew best what his own God was and how to work with Him, and he was never much of a reformer. He said he reckoned Somebody, no matter what name you called Him, was responsible for sun, moon, mountains, sea, stars, heat, cold, seasons, animals, birds, fish, and food—"even small boys, although that may have been a basic mistake"—and whether you called him God, Allah, Jehovah, or Mug-Mug didn't make much difference as long as you believed in Him.
Robert Ruark Carolinian
Source
Ch. 2 (p. 22)
- work
- The Old Man's Boy Grows Older (1957)
- year
- 1957
- locator
- p. 22
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