We all know who you are, Mr. Coughlin. Famous Yankee gangster. Friend of the colonel. It would be safer for a man to swim into the middle of the ocean and cut his own throat than to threaten you.' He solemnly made the sign of the cross. 'But when people starve and have nowhere to go, where would you have them end up?' 'Not on my land, ' Joe said.' But it is not your land. It's God's. You are renting it. This rum? This life?' He patted his chest. 'We are all just renting from God. .Dennis Lehane
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The story of the Samaritan in the Bible is one of the most powerful stories ever written. It shows us that we cannot be satisfied just to know that we are helping people, we actually need to take action and help them as well. The story of the Samaritan also shows us that even those who claim to be religious, or claim that they do not want others to help them, still need to be helped.
Source: Live By Night
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