PATCHETT: Oh, OK. So there's a lot about God in "Bel Canto." And one of the things that I found very moving when I went back to it was I was much closer to my Catholic faith when I was 35 or 34.

For example, a search for “honor” using the American King James Bible reveals 44 verses containing the word—but only quotes attributed to God Himself, not anyone else speaking in the Bible.

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