[D-fendr]

"Trembling and astonished." And "blinded for three days," to boot. Doesn't sound very gentle to me.

So all I have to do to make you love me is hit you with a two by four and poke your eyes out.

This is far from the end of Paul's story.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

So all I have to do to make you love me is hit you with a two by four and poke your eyes out.

Only if you're God.

(A dinner and a movie never hurt, either.)