John Shirley on God

"God can't help most of the time. God can only put a little spin on the ball, offer a little help here and there, where conditions allow. A lot of wise men have said it's up to us to do God's work in the world ourselves. But now and then, when conditions allow, that divine influence -- I mean, I hesitate to use that word God, with all the old associations it has -- now and then that influence nudges us along, brings us together so we can help ourselves. We have to be alert to those possibilities."

John Shirley, Crawlers (2003)