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“I love people randomly and suddenly, and it’s a curse most of the time.”
― Borderline
― Borderline
“Others Act Upon Me, Therefore I Am”
― I Hate You--Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality
― I Hate You--Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality
“Mercy is in the province of the person alone. There is mass hatred and mass grief. Mass vengeance and even mass suicide. But there is no mass forgiveness. There is only you.”
― The Passenger
― The Passenger
“You think people was meaner then than they are now? the deputy said.
The old man was looking out at the flooded town. No, he said. I don't. I think people are the same from the day God first made one.”
― Child of God
The old man was looking out at the flooded town. No, he said. I don't. I think people are the same from the day God first made one.”
― Child of God
“Holiness is the union we experience with one another and with God. Holiness is when more than one become one, when what is fractured is made whole. Singing in harmony. Breastfeeding a baby. Collective bargaining. Dancing. Admitting our pain to someone, and hearing them say, "Me too." Holiness happens when we are integrated as physical, spiritual, sexual, emotional, and political beings. Holiness is the song that has always been sung, perhaps even the sound that was first spoken when God said, "Let there be light.”
― Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good
― Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good
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