{"text":"From an outside viewpoint it seems as if I had almost all a man could ask in reason. But when was a strong man in the grip of love ever reasonable? I think the Almighty took a pretty grave responsibility when He made men as He did. If I had been He, and understood the forces I was handling, I would have been too big a coward to do it.","author":"Gene Stratton-Porter","tags":["almighty","coward","forces","god","love","reason"],"id":23478,"author_id":"Gene+Stratton-Porter"}