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love is thicker than forget more thinner than recall more seldom than a wave is wet more frequent than to fail it is most mad and moonly and less it shall unbe than all the sea which only is deeper than the sea love is less always than to win less never than alive less bigger than the least begin less littler than forgive it is most sane and sunly and more it cannot die than all the sky which only is higher than the sky ↗

— E.E. Cummings

#forgiveness

There is no forgiveness. For women. A man may lose his honor and regain it again. But a woman cannot. She cannot. ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

#honor #men #women #forgiveness

* The act of true giving is indistinguishable from receiving. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#forgive #love #forgiveness

Love is what happens when we forgive. I forgive Connor Evans. A part of me will always love him, but from this day on I won't hate him. Not for one minute. I forgive him because he gave me Max. ↗

— Karen Kingsbury Ocean's Apart

#love #forgiveness

Justification has so dominated the landscape of Christian thought that adoption has been marginalized. We don't hear much about our adoption at all. We hear a lot about forgiveness, but very little about the staggering reality of our inclusion in Jesus' relationship with his Father in the Spirit. ↗

— C. Baxter Kruger

#salvation #forgiveness

They gave thanks that they were permitted to see so much, and begged forgiveness for their desire to see more. ↗

— Ted Chiang

#religion #spirituality #tower-of-babylon #forgiveness

Forgiveness is a practiced and fervrent process". ~R. Alan Woods [2012] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#r-alan-woods #forgiveness

It seems we need someone to know us as we are--with all we have done--and forgive us. We need to tell. We need to be whole in someone's sight: Know this about me, and yet love me. Please. ...for...others it seems there must be a person to redeem us to ourselves. It isn't enough, apparently, to know oneself. To forgive oneself in secret. ↗

— Sue Miller

#love #secrets #sue-miller #while-i-was-gone #forgiveness

When you forgive someone who has hurt you,you liberate yourself." page 158 of "Two Weddings. ↗

— Farin Powell

#forgiveness

Free yourself, forgive yourself, value yourself, and love yourself...ESPECIALLY, When no one else does. ↗

— Lolalola

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