"A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together."
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"Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.“
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"Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average."
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"Thank you, dear God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain. And for the chance to wake up in three hours and go fishing: I thank you for that now, because I won't feel so thankful then."
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"They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days."
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"Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function."
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"Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted."
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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."
-Nick Wechsler
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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."
-Joseph J. Ellis
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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."
-William P. Young
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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."
-John Rowland
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