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“I sometimes think that shame, mere awkward, senseless shame, does as much towards preventing good acts and straightforward happiness as any of our vices can do.”
― A Grief Observed
― A Grief Observed
“I know the two great commandments, and I'd better get on with them.”
― A Grief Observed
― A Grief Observed
“Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable. How many hours are in a mile? Is yellow square or round? Probably half the questions we ask - half our great theological and metaphysical problems - are like that.”
― A Grief Observed
― A Grief Observed
“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.”
― A Grief Observed
― A Grief Observed
“Talk to me about the truth of religion and I'll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I'll listen submissively. But don't come talking to me about the consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don't understand.”
― A Grief Observed
― A Grief Observed
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