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“He will be the good steward: a Judas who kept the purse. What if he had gone on keeping the purse instead of hanging himself?” (349)

“Poor Judas… He didn’t know how easily he could have been forgiven. He was overcome by despair. By shame. … He was deafened by despair; all he had to do was ask. But I think he was forgiven anyway, even without asking.” (351)

“What is it to be human if you are unwilling to give your life?” (245)
“I always thought it was right to commemorate that kind of horror, rather than pretend it didn’t exist” (257)

“I thought if I just loved her enough, she’d be all right … But she’s not all right” (226)

“I thought if I just loved her enough, she’d be all right… But she’s not all right” (226)

“The country of Ireland would have gone on exactly as it had if they hadn’t been paying attention to it, but the boy, if they’d paid attention to him, would still be alive.” (165)