Righting Wrongs Quotes

“God hates us," I said.

"Don't blame God for what ants have to do. We all get hungry. Congolese people are not so different from Congolese ants."

"They have to swarm over a village and eat other people alive?"

"When they are pushed down long enough they will rise up. If they bite you, they are trying to fix things in the only way they know.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible

“Redemption is a funny thing. Even if we don’t ask for it—even if we don’t think we want it—sometimes we seek it out. In our words and our actions. Because something drives us to make right the things that we did. It’s what allows us to keep living with ourselves.”
― Obie Williams

“Adulthood is an attempt to become the antithesis of the wounded child within us.”
― Stewart Stafford

“We’re all looking for forgiveness from someone.”
― Obie Williams, The Crimes of Orphans

“Of all the emotions [Isaak]'d played spectator to in his career, guilt was his least favorite. It had a dense, oily quality, like a kalamata olive with the pit still in it. The few times he's made the mistake of shapeshifting into someone blatantly guilt ridden, he'd found himself hunting for a shower after, as if scalding water might slough the sensation off. Guilt was a useless emotion. It didn't right wrongs. Didn't undo what was done. All it did was weigh a person down.”
― GennaRose Nethercott, Thistlefoot

“In this cold and dark world, your warmth and light could make things right.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, These Words Burn Like Fire