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"To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing - the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself. Caleb's betrayal is something we both carry, and since he did it, all I've wanted is for him to take its weight away from me. I am not sure that I'm capable of shouldering it all myself - not sure that I am strong enough, or good enough."
"Do not fear the thorns in your path, for they draw only corrupt blood."
"Mother is a verb. It's something you do. Not just who you are."
"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward."
"When I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds."
"We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done."
"Storms make trees take deeper roots."
"Successful people have libraries. The rest have big screen TVs"
"Vote for the man who promises least"
"I don’t want anyone to hold back who they are. It’s not okay… it’s not a good thing"
"As for what it's against - the story is against those who pervert and misuse religion, or any other kind of doctrine with a holy book and a priesthood and an apparatus of power that wields unchallengeable authority, in order to dominate and suppress human freedoms."
"Yes, terrible things happen, but sometimes those terrible things- they save you."
"If we bear all this suffering and if there are still Jews left, when it is over, then Jews, instead of being doomed, will be held up as an example."
"To every problem, there is a most simple solution."
"The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink."
"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
"impossible is not a word"
"After all, if you do not resist the apparently inevitable, you will never know how inevitable the inevitable was."
"Your opinion is not my reality."
"The primary thing when you take a sword in your hands is your intention to cut the enemy, whatever the means. Whenever you parry, hit, spring, strike or touch the enemy's cutting sword, you must cut the enemy in the same movement. It is essential to attain this. If you think only of hitting, springing, striking or touching the enemy, you will not be able actually to cut him."