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James Morrow, né le 17 mars 1947 à Philadelphie en Pennsylvanie, est un écrivain américain. Son œuvre est non seulement une satire des religions établies mais aussi de l'humanisme et de l'athéisme.

Ainsi, dans son roman En remorquant Jéhovah où le corps de Dieu flotte sans vie dans l'océan, James Morrow se livre à une sévère critique des croyances traditionnelles mais dans le même temps il tourne en ridicule la morale d'un monde post-déiste.

James Morrow plonge souvent son lecteur dans l'embarras : comment peut-on choisir entre un mensonge décérébrant et une réalité pathétique ? Peut-être en apprenant à vivre dans l'incertitude. Wikipedia  

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James Morrow: Citations en anglais

“Sneer, frown, and be miserable, for tomorrow you live.”

James K. Morrow

Source: The Wine of Violence (1981), Chapter 17 (p. 202)

“That maxim, it’s not an argument against atheism—it’s an argument against foxholes.”

James K. Morrow livre Towing Jehovah

Source: Towing Jehovah (1994), Chapter 8, “Famine” (p. 213)

“Under the midnight sun, despair acquires the intensity of sex, insomnia the vehemence of art.”

James K. Morrow livre Towing Jehovah

Source: Towing Jehovah (1994), Chapter 12, “Father” (p. 337)

“You wouldn’t like him. Major fanatic. Confuses migraine headaches with God.”

James K. Morrow livre Only Begotten Daughter

Source: Only Begotten Daughter (1990), Chapter 4 (p. 84)

“There are none so blind as those who see angels…None so deaf as those who hear gods.”

James K. Morrow livre Only Begotten Daughter

Source: Only Begotten Daughter (1990), Chapter 17 (p. 288)

““What’s theodicy?” asked Anthony.
“Hard to explain.”
“Sounds like idiocy.”
“Much of it is.””

James K. Morrow livre Towing Jehovah

Source: Towing Jehovah (1994), Chapter 2, “Priest” (p. 38)

“Hell was not perfect, but it was paradise compared with New Jersey.”

James K. Morrow livre Only Begotten Daughter

Source: Only Begotten Daughter (1990), Chapter 10 (p. 174)

“Now we’re getting somewhere, George told himself, although he sensed that this situation would not endure.”

James K. Morrow

Source: This Is the Way the World Ends (1986), Chapter 4, “In Which Our Hero Is Asked to Sign a Most Unusual Sales Contract” (p. 43)

“The Sermon on the Mount—it never ends for you, does it? If somebody kicks your right buttock, turn the other cheek.”

James K. Morrow livre Only Begotten Daughter

Source: Only Begotten Daughter (1990), Chapter 15 (p. 260)

““In fact, there’s probably only one thing worse than not being able to understand a person.”
“What’s that?” asked Nimrod.
“Being able to understand him completely.””

James K. Morrow

"Bible Stories for Adults, No. 20: The Tower" p. 76 (originally published in Author’s Choice Monthly #8: Swatting at the Cosmos)
Short fiction, Bible Stories for Adults (1996)

“The universe,” says Wyvern, “is a Ph. D. thesis that God was unable to successfully defend.”

James K. Morrow livre Only Begotten Daughter

Source: Only Begotten Daughter (1990), Chapter 13 (p. 221)

“Maybe I’ll end up on the fun side of her pants some day.”

James K. Morrow

Source: This Is the Way the World Ends (1986), Chapter 6, “In Which a Sea Captain, a General, a Therapist, and a Man of God Enter the Tale” (p. 66)

“Children, being close to the ground, have a special rapport with insects.”

James K. Morrow

Source: The Wine of Violence (1981), Chapter 2 (p. 17)

“There’s nothing quite so pernicious as wishful thinking.”

James K. Morrow livre Towing Jehovah

Source: Towing Jehovah (1994), Chapter 11, “War” (p. 285)

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