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“And perhaps a deliberate act of forgetting went along with forgiveness. You forgave, and then you said to yourself: Now I shall forget. Because if you did not forget, then your forgiveness would be tested, perhaps many times and in ways that you could not resist, and you might go back to anger, and to hating.”
― The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
― The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
“The piranhas said nothing, but they thrashed about in their bowl, ominously.”
― Fortunately, the Milk
― Fortunately, the Milk
“If there is no silence in our soul and the voice of the world and the passions agitate it, we cannot hear the interior word of our Master. If we habitually take pleasure in our own way of seeing things and do not wish to receive counseling from anyone, we shall hear, above all else, ourselves”
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“If you become Christ's you will stumble upon wonder upon wonder and every one of them true.”
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“Still, I did not regret for a moment leaving the bright lights of Manhattan behind in favour of night skies so dark the stars seemed close enough to be street lights. In the recycled cabin air of the long flight back, I physically longed for Rwanda, its rich red earth, the smell of its wood fires and its vibrant humanity.”
― Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
― Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
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