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“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”
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“People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.”
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“to live in this world
you must be able
to do three things
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go”
― New and Selected Poems, Volume One
you must be able
to do three things
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go”
― New and Selected Poems, Volume One
“Character — the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life — is the source from which self-respect springs.”
― On Self-Respect
― On Self-Respect
“A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.”
― The Children of Húrin
― The Children of Húrin
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