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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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“you mustn’t believe, Kristin, that there has ever been a priest who has not had to guard himself against the Fiend at the same time as he tried to protect the lambs from the wolf.”
― Kristin Lavransdatter
― Kristin Lavransdatter
“Help me, Gunnulf,” begged Kristin. She was white to the very edge of her lips. “I don’t know my own will.” “Then say: Thy will be done,” replied the priest softly.”
― Kristin Lavransdatter
― Kristin Lavransdatter
“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.”
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“But I didn’t realize then that the consequence of sin is that you have to trample on other people.”
― Kristin Lavransdatter
― Kristin Lavransdatter
“To be in love is to see yourself as someone else sees you, it is to be in love with the falsified and exalted image of yourself. In love we are incapable of honour - the courageous act is no more than playing a part to an audience of two.”
― The Quiet American
― The Quiet American
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