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I used to think mercy meant showing kindness to someone who didn't deserve it, as if only the recipient defined the act. The girl in between has learned that mercy is defined by its giver. Our flaws are obvious, yet we are loved and able to love, if we choose, because there is that bit of the divine still smoldering in us.

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Geraldine Brooks

Because I worked as a newspaper reporter for about 14 years before attempting my first novel, I learned to write under almost any circumstances- by candle light, in longhand, in African villages where there was no power, under shelling in Kurdistan.

Light, Longhand, Newspaper, Reporter, Writing, Years

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To know a man's library is, in some measure, to know a man's mind.

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There are always a few who stand up in times of communal madness and have the courage to say that what unites us is greater than what divides us.

Divides, Greater, Madness, Stand

I'm a praying atheist. When I hear an ambulance siren, I ask for a blessing for those people in trouble, knowing that no one's listening. I think it's just a habit of mindfulness.

Atheist, Blessing, Listening, People, Siren, Thinking

A book is more than the sum of its materials. It is an artifact of the human mind and hand.

Book, Hand, Hands, Human, Mind

She was like a butterfly, full of color and vibrancy when she chose to open her wings, yet hardly visible when she closed them.

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Susan Meissner

I used to think mercy meant showing kindness to someone who didn't deserve it, as if only the recipient defined the act. The girl in between has learned that mercy is defined by its giver. Our flaws are obvious, yet we are loved and able to love, if we choose, because there is that bit of the divine still smoldering in us.

Defined, Girl, Kindness, Meant, Recipient, Thinking

Woody Allen

Woody Allen

Events unfold so unpredictably, so unfairly, human happiness does not seem to be included in the design of creation. It is only we, with our capacity to love that give meaning to the indifferent universe. And yet, most human beings seem to have the ability to keep trying and even try to find joy from simple things, like their family, their work, and from the hope that future generations might understand more.

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Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Next time I go into the action - I shall command a hundred men - & possibly I may bring off some coup. Besides I shall have some other motive for taking chances than merely "love of adventure".

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C. Wright Mills

Each day men sell little pieces if themselves in order to try to buy then back each night and weekend.

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Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami

Losing you is most difficult for me, but the nature of my love for you is what matters. If it distorts into half-truth, then perhaps it is better not to love you. I must keep my mind but loose you.

Keep, Love You, Mind, Perhaps, What Matters