

“Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget
falls drop by drop upon the heart
until, in our own despair, against our will,
comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.”
―
falls drop by drop upon the heart
until, in our own despair, against our will,
comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.”
―

“It was only later, when the children were grown, that she knew she had been right, that once people grew used to free money, to laboring only when the mood struck them, they began to think there was something low about work. They became desperate to excuse their own laziness. They came to believe that their family property was something inherent to life itself, like water or air or clean sheets.”
― The Son
― The Son

“If a man has done it, so can you: that is what our father used to tell us.”
― The Son
― The Son

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