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Ch 42 “Baby, there’s justice and there’s mercy. If you’re not sure what to do, and you’ve got to choose one or the other, I’d say always go the mercy way. If you make a mistake, make it for mercy. Bad mercy don’t hurt nearly like bad justice.”

Ch 35 “My expertise in sadness is well earned. But I realized more and more that it is a gift. Living with sadness, accepting it, is easier than trying to pretend it isn’t there. It is another of life’s great mysteries. That sadness and joy can coexist so compatibly with one another. In fact, I wonder if, on this side of heaven, either one can be complete without the other.”

Ch 19 “Yes, we can be such a terrible race at times. But at the same time, terribly wonderful. All capable of saintliness”

Ch17 He tried to stifle it with the argument that in her absence, goodness was no longer possible in the world. But then, the appearance of additional coconspirators — a little boy and girl on bicycles, laughing as they tried to outpace a playful dog — struck him with the inescapable recognition that life would and must go on. Even if all together new and subject to a grief that would be present with every step.