"In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by which a woman measured success: did some man want her?"
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"It is very east to forgive others their mistakes it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.“
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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!!"
-Susan Smith
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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."
-Mackenzie Phillips
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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."
-John Rowland
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