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At the root of tolerance is the notion that one is permissive, not about one's own beliefs, but about the beliefs of those with whom one disagrees. If you do not know who you are and what you hold to be true, you cannot be tolerant. [Quote found, Apr. 22, 2007, Father Robert A. Sirico, "The Catholic Identity Crisis." National Review (April 17, 2009..Source: The Catholic Resource Centre). ↗
Wide reading is important. You don’t have to like it, but it’s important to grapple with things you don’t understand. I’ve been spending the last six months getting up an hour early to try to understand economics because I need to. I don’t want to be one of these bewildered schmucks. The things that you understand will inform your writing. The bigger your mind, the better your work is going to be. You’re not born with a big mind; you have to build it. If I don’t read for an hour a day, I get ill. ↗
Because of sorrow, my awareness of life's pulse is strongly detectable. It is syncopation while I journey, a lap of ocean in the eyes of every person I meet. This awareness informs the flesh of my stories. Grief has been an odd companion, at first a terror, but now I am all the better having accepted it for its intrinsic worth. ↗
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If you love, something let it go free. If it does not come back, you never had it. If it comes back, love it forever ↗
I live to love, I WILL ATTEMPT TO BUILD & STRENGTHEN ANY QUEEN OR GODDESS IF YOU NEED THE PROPER WORDS. I WILL never USE STRONGHOLDS AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE WEAK MENTALLY. PLEASE "LOVE THYSELF" I LOVE THE QUEEN YOU ARE NO MATTER HOW YOU SEE THE QUEEN IN YOU. INSPIRE YOUR OWN HEART NOT FEARING TO FEAR THE REJECTIONS OF ANY PEER OF FALSE TREASURES. PEACE ↗
My daughter, people are only used to seeing the glorified in a story, because a story is only a tiny, tiny piece of a person’s life. Legends, sacred writings, they’re all like that. But I assure you, dear child, every one of those people up there on that wall felt like, thought like, and suffered like you! ↗
Unconditional love is like a contry of two with no laws and no government. Which is all fine if everyone is peaceful and law abiding. In the wrong hands, though, you got looting and crime sprees, and let me tell you, the people who demand unconditional love are usually the ones who will rob and pillage and then blame you because you left your door unlocked. ↗
I promised I'd save him, take him home! I promised him!" . . . Thomas hugged Chuck to his chest, squeezed him as tightly as possible, as if that could somehow bring him back, or show thanks for saving his life, for being his friend when no one else would. Thomas cried, wept like he'd never wept before. His great, racking sobs echoed through the chamber like the sounds of tortured pain. (pg 358 hardback) ↗
