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Book: A Thread of Grace
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Mary Doria Russell _ A Thread of Grace
I still have a headache powder saved up,
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Mary Doria Russell _ A Thread of Grace
I suppose I should warn you, Padre. In the absence of male supervision, my mother has become a revolutionary." ~Renzo Leoni
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Mary Doria Russell _ A Thread of Grace
Distressing to be hated because of lies, isn't it." {Mirella}"Especially when there are so many legitimate reasons to be hated." {Schramm}
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Mary Doria Russell _ A Thread of Grace
...and yet, in the end, did Klara Hitler's sickly son ever fire a gun? One hollow, hateful little an. One last awful thought: all the harm he ever did was done for him by others.
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Mary Doria Russell _ A Thread of Grace
God save us from idealists! They dream of a world without injustice, and what crime won't they commit to get it! I swear, Mirella, I'll settle for a world with good manners.
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Mary Doria Russell _ A Thread of Grace
You know what I think? Ten percent of any group of human beings are shitheads. Catholics, Jews. Germans, Italians. Pilots, priests. Teachers, doctors, shopkeepers. Ten percent are shitheads. Another ten percent -- salt of the earth! Saints! Give you the shirts off their backs. Most people are in the middle, just trying to get by.
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Mary Doria Russell _ A Thread of Grace
There's a saying in Hebrew, 'No matter how dark the tapestry God weaves for us, there's always a thread of grace.
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Mary Doria Russell _ A Thread of Grace
Shall I tell you why young men love war? . . . In peace, there are a hundred questions with a thousand answers! In war, there is only one question with one right answer. . . . Going to war makes you a man. It is emotionally exciting and morally restful.
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The world is filled with unreasonable hate. What's wrong with unreasonable love?
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Mary Doria Russell _ A Thread of Grace
No matter how dark the tapestry God weaves for us, there's always a thread of grace.
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