#forgiven

God forgive me everything!’ she said, feeling the impossibility of struggling... ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#forgiveness #suicide #death

Did she say anything before she died?" he asked. Yes", the surgeon said. "She said, 'Forgive him'" Forgive him?" my father asked. I think she was referring to the drunk driver who killed her." Wow. My grandmother's last act on earth was a call for forgiveness, love and tolerance. She wanted us to forgive Gerald, the dumb-ass Spokane Indian alcoholic who ran her over and killed her. I think My Dad wanted to go find Gerald and beat him to death. I think my mother would have helped him. I think I would have helped him, too. But my grandmother wanted us to forgive her murderer. Even dead, she was a better person than us. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#forgiveness #death

One deep breath, one last step and out into oblivion where death held out its arms into a welcoming embrace. ↗

— Stephen Craig

#note #peace #sorry #suicide #death

The dead can forgive. The dead can be forgiven. The rest of us have better things to do. (Monza Murcatto) ↗

— Joe Abercrombie

#forgiveness

This evening I begin a notebook. If anyone reads this, I trust they will forgive my overuse of "I". I can't stop it. I'm writing this. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#i #forgiveness

There are three kinds of big endings: Revenge. Tragedy. Forgiveness. Revenge and Tragedy often happen together. Forgiveness unblocks the future." (p.225) ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#forgiveness

There's a fine line between forgiveness and denial. ↗

— Janet Rebhan

#fine-line #forgiveness #forgiveness

Forgiveness is healing—everything is energy—thoughts create—we are all connected—what you resist persists—true love never dies—the soul’s immortality is the only true immortality— ↗

— Alyson Noel

#immortality #soul #thoughts #forgiveness

We are all mistaken sometimes; sometimes we do wrong things, things that have bad consequences. But it does not mean we are evil, or that we cannot be trusted ever afterward. ↗

— Alison Croggon

#mistakes #trust #forgiveness

Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#forgive #happiness #inspiration #learn #letting-go