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“Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.”
― Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
― Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
“It's so awful, attacking your child. It's the worse thing I know, to shout loudly at this 50 lb. being with his huge trusting brown eyes. It's like bitch-slapping E.T.”
― Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
― Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
“You'll forget it when you're dead, and so will I. When I'm dead, I'm going to forget everything–and I advise you to do the same.”
― Cat’s Cradle
― Cat’s Cradle
“No wonder kids grow up crazy. A cat's cradle is nothing but a bunch of X's between somebody's hands, and little kids look and look and look at all those X's . . ."
"And?"
"No damn cat, and no damn cradle.”
― Cat’s Cradle
"And?"
"No damn cat, and no damn cradle.”
― Cat’s Cradle
“Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.”
― Cat’s Cradle
― Cat’s Cradle
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