"Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day."
-Dag Hammarskjold
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"Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.“
-Dag Hammarskjold
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"The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established once an allegation has been repeated a few times, it is no longer an allegation, it is an established fact, even if no evidence has been brought out in order to support it."
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"The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form?"
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"Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible not to run away."
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"I love my children. That will never change. I have prayed to them for forgiveness and hope that they will forgive me. I never meant to hurt them!!"
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"Any story about revenge is ultimately a story about forgiveness, redemption, or the futility of revenge."
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"And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness."
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"Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity."
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"I really do believe that God is love, one of deep affection and grace and forgiveness and inspiration."
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"And as I ask for your forgiveness, I also ask for your support to keep all things in perspective and keep all things in proportion. The good of nine years versus the bad."
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