"It's fun to talk about heaven, about the throne of God and Jesus and Pop and the daughter we thought we had lost but will meet again someday. But it's not fun to talk about how we got there."

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Source : Todd Burpo (2014). “Heaven is for Real Movie Edition: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back”, p.148, Thomas Nelson Inc

Todd Burpo

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“Alcoholism is a well documented pathological reaction to unresolved grief.”
“He sat down. I sat down next to him. And after a silence, he spoke again. 'The stars are beautiful because of a flower you don't see...' I answered, 'Yes, of course.”
“The circumstances of the world are continually changing, and the opinions of men change also; and as government is for the living, and not for the dead, it is the living only that has any right in it. That which may be thought right and found convenient in one age, may be thought wrong and found inconvenient in another. In such cases, who is to decide, the living, or the dead?”
“To get rid of villains and knaves, it is necessary to give them a way out. If you don't give them any leeway at all, they will be like trapped rats. If every way out is closed to them, they will chew up everything good.”
“I did not threaten anybody in any moment and even less with a brick.”
“I am starting to talk fast now, and I have to remember to slow down because when I get excited, I start to sound like myself and my American accent goes away.”
“I'm kind of insane when it comes to music, a little obsessed.”
“Capitalism is what people do if you leave them alone.”

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