Spencer

“A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.”
― J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

“God figured out when he separated us from the rest of the creatures that if we have the power to reason and justify and make decisions, then we are going to make a lot of mistakes passing through. Big, big, big mistakes. God understood that, then gave us the ultimate human power, the power of redemption.”
― Leon Uris, Redemption: Three Extraordinary Irish Families on an Epic Odyssey of Love and Freedom in WWI

“Sin? What is sin inside the dynamic of family relationships? It is a mystery that began with man. No one can solve it except through his own unique experience. How you feel is human. But do not think it will leave you alone. We are never free of our blood.”
― Leon Uris, Redemption: Three Extraordinary Irish Families on an Epic Odyssey of Love and Freedom in WWI

“We’re born alone and we die alone, I accept that. But why, God, do we have to be alone in the middle?”
― Morgan Llywelyn, 1921: The Great Novel of the Irish Civil War