“There is a strange moment in time, after something horrible happens, when you know it's true, but you haven't told anyone yet.”
― The Poisonwood Bible
― The Poisonwood Bible
“A choir of seedlings arching their necks out of rotted tree stumps, sucking life out of death. I am the forest's conscience, but remember, the forest eats itself and lives forever.”
― The Poisonwood Bible
― The Poisonwood Bible
“God doesn’t need to punish us. He just grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves.”
― The Poisonwood Bible
― The Poisonwood Bible
“But I've swallowed my pride before, that's for sure. I'm practically lined with my mistakes on the inside like a bad-wallpapered bathroom.”
― The Poisonwood Bible
― The Poisonwood Bible
“Don’t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you’re good, bad things can still happen. And if you’re bad, you can still be lucky.”
― The Poisonwood Bible
― The Poisonwood Bible
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