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“Every one of us reflects God, say, from a different perspective, each and every one from his own perspective. And so we are not all equal, and do you realize how boring that would be? It is precisely there, it seems to me, that each
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“I never had the idea that I was or could be better than any other pilot in the air at this moment.' (Words of Erich Hartmann)”
― The Blond Knight of Germany: A biography of Erich Hartmann
― The Blond Knight of Germany: A biography of Erich Hartmann
“To love someone, who for whatever reason cannot return your feelings is painful. But if you listen to the poets, perhaps there's a kind of beauty to that love. It burns bright, and it's never tainted by reality or by overuse. It is clear and fierce today as it was the very first day it began. There is a beauty to that.”
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“as she was when they first met: gentle and seemly, intelligent enough that a man would gladly seek her counsel even on important matters, a bit headstrong about petty things, but otherwise amenable, accustomed as she was to accepting from her father’s hands guidance and support and protection.”
― Kristin Lavransdatter
― Kristin Lavransdatter
“If only it were possible to love without injury—fidelity isn’t enough: I had been faithful to Anne and yet I had injured her. The hurt is in the act of possession: we are too small in mind and body to possess another person without pride or to be possessed without humiliation.”
― The Quiet American
― The Quiet American
“Are you so arrogant that you think yourself capable of sinning so badly that God’s mercy is not great enough? . . .”
― Kristin Lavransdatter
― Kristin Lavransdatter
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