He has, you see, been willing to take me on as God takes me -- as a risk.
He pays me the supreme tribute of putting himself in my power.
The giver of a cocktail party is a man who hedges his bets and cops
out of the dangers of entertaining. He requires nothing of his guests
but their physical presence. If they turn out to be untempered duds or
ill-tempered boors, it is no skin off his nose: They can simply find their
own corner of outer darkness and fall apart any way they like. But
when he sits me down at his table, he declares himself willing to let me
into his own life. He puts me into my place; but he also puts me in a
position to make or break his party as I will. It is no small
boldness; if you have such friends, treasure them.
Robert Farrar CaponThe Supper
of the Lamb
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