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Does death divulge deep-rooted devotion? I can’t seem to differentiate grief out of love and guilt out of the lack thereof.
“Hearing these things from the lips of not only my mother but from all of the adults I trusted, I often doubted my own mind. As I matured into a teenager, I noticed more cracks in the intellectual foundation that had been laid for me.”
― The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church
― The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church
“it is the credo for a culture of gratitude. Cultures of gratitude must also be cultures of reciprocity. Each person, human or no, is bound to every other in a reciprocal relationship. Just as all beings have a duty to me, I have a duty to them.”
― Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
― Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
“You weren’t pathetic enough to enforce rank to hide from being in the wrong.”
― Empire of Storms
― Empire of Storms
“I mean no disrespect for the white-haired veterans in my town, who stand with hand on heart as the flag goes by, whose eyes fill with tears as they recite the Pledge in raspy voices. I love my country too, and its hopes for freedom and justice. But the boundaries of what I honor are bigger than the republic. Let us pledge reciprocity with the living world.”
― Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
― Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
“As it turns out, character DOES matter,” Dobson wrote. “You can’t run a family, let alone a country, without it. How foolish to believe that a person who lacks honesty and moral integrity is qualified to lead a nation and the world! Nevertheless, our people continue to say that the President is doing a good job even if they don’t respect him personally. Those two positions are fundamentally incompatible.”3”
― The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church
― The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church
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