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“It is curious how believable I can be when I criticize myself, how unconvincing when I give myself praise.”
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“Her voice was heavy, throaty, expressionless. She threw it like a weapon ...”
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“Every life is different because you passed this way and touched history.”
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“By its existence, the Peace Movement denies that governments know best; it stands for a different order of priorities: the human race comes first.”
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“She had always loved his eyes. They were completely clear and unflinching — the eyes of a boy who read adventure stories and had dedicated himself to live up to their code of courage and honour.”
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“Before we can leave our parents, they stuff our heads like the suitcases which they jam-pack with homemade underwear.”
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“When one cannot be sure that there are many days left, each single day becomes as important as a year, and one does not waste an hour in wishing that that hour were longer, but simply fills it, like a smaller cup, as high as it will go without spilling over.”
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“In the country of God's affections, such a time and space are ours for the asking. God is waiting for us, expecting us, offering us a time of restoration.”