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“And remember, the truth that once was spoken: To love another person is to see the face of God.”
― Herbert Kretzmer

tags: les-miserables, musical

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“I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.”
― Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed

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“This came as a strange letdown, to see how the game always went to those who knew the rules without understanding the lesson.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible

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“Every betrayal contains a perfect moment, a coin stamped heads or tails with salvation on the other side. Betrayal is a friend I have known a long time, a two-faced goddess looking forward and back with a clear, earnest suspicion of good fortune.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible

tags: betrayal, salvation

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“I can think of no honorable answer. Why must some of us deliberate between brands of toothpaste, while others deliberate between damp dirt and bone dust to quiet the fire of an empty stomach lining? There is nothing about the United States I can really explain to this child of another world.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible

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