“This letter has gotten foolish, and I think you know how I detest looking like a fool. But still I do. For you.”
― The One
― The One
“The death penalty is not about whether people deserve to die for the crimes they commit. The real question of capital punishment in this country is, Do we deserve to kill?”
― Just Mercy
― Just Mercy
“Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done.”
― Just Mercy
― Just Mercy
“Break my heart. Break it a thousand times if you like. It was only ever yours to break anyway.”
― The One
― The One
“We are all broken by something. We have all hurt someone and have been hurt. We all share the condition of brokenness even if our brokenness is not equivalent. I desperately wanted mercy for Jimmy Dill and would have done anything to create justice for him, but I couldn’t pretend that his struggle was disconnected from my own. The ways in which I have been hurt—and have hurt others—are different from the ways Jimmy Dill suffered and caused suffering. But our shared brokenness connected us.”
― Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
― Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
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