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“The time when there is nothing at all in your soul except a cry for help may be just that time when God can't give it: you are like the drowning man who can't be helped because he clutches and grabs. Perhaps your own reiterated cries deafen you to the voice you hoped to hear.”
― A Grief Observed
― A Grief Observed
“It's hard to win an argument with a smart person. It's damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person.”
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“Talk to me about the truth of religion and I'll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I'll listen submissively. But don't come talking to me about the consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don't understand.”
― A Grief Observed
― A Grief Observed
“To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. You see, I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.”
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“I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.”
― Autobiographies: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass / My Bondage and My Freedom / Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
― Autobiographies: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass / My Bondage and My Freedom / Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
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