“sometimes there’s beauty in the tough words—it’s all in how you read them.”
― All the Bright Places
― All the Bright Places
“There is a strength, a power even, in understanding brokenness, because embracing our brokenness creates a need and desire for mercy, and perhaps a corresponding need to show mercy. When you experience mercy, you learn things that are hard to learn otherwise. You see things you can't otherwise see; you hear things you can't otherwise hear. You begin to recognize the humanity that resides in each of us.”
― Just Mercy
― Just Mercy
“The problem with people is they forget that most of the time it's the small things that count.”
― All the Bright Places
― All the Bright Places
“a man must learn to forgive—to know what is important, that to live without forgiveness was a kind of death with breathing and movement.”
― Pachinko
― Pachinko
“Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done.”
― Just Mercy
― Just Mercy
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