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But she knew better than most that deserving had little to do with getting. She was sure almost no one got to give permission for the worst things that happened to them. The man stood patiently in the splash of weak light. So awfully,
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“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. —Author Unknown”
― Last Seen
― Last Seen
“Forgiveness is spiritual. Punishment is legal," Leo says. "They're not mutually exclusive.”
― The Storyteller
― The Storyteller
“Why does God do it? Why should we pray? Why believe at all?"
"Because what religion -- many religions really--offers is comfort when it's all too much. A reason for the pain. A hand in the darkness if we reach for it."
"What if it's not real? The hand? What if you reach for it, and it disappears?"
"I'm not going to tell you what's real and what isn't, that's for you to decide. But I do think that the hand is what we need it to be. Not what we want it to be.”
― All My Rage
"Because what religion -- many religions really--offers is comfort when it's all too much. A reason for the pain. A hand in the darkness if we reach for it."
"What if it's not real? The hand? What if you reach for it, and it disappears?"
"I'm not going to tell you what's real and what isn't, that's for you to decide. But I do think that the hand is what we need it to be. Not what we want it to be.”
― All My Rage
“It is better, I think, to grab at the stars than to sit flustered because you know you cannot reach them.”
― Sojourn
― Sojourn
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