"I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building."
-Ian Mcewan
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"One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have done something we regret - how we manage to remove that from our conscience, or whether that's even possible, interested me.“
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"I don't believe there's any inherent darkness at the center of religion at all. I think religion actually is a morally neutral force."
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"London in the '70s was a pretty catastrophic dump, I can tell you. We had every kind of industrial trouble we had severe energy problems we were under constant terrorist attack from Irish terrorist groups who started a bombing campaign in English cities politics were fantastically polarized between left and right."
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"Politics is the enemy of the imagination."
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"I apologize for being obvious, but every time I watch the curtain come down on even a halfway decent production of a Shakespeare play I feel a little sorrowful that I'll never know the man, or any man of such warm intelligence."
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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."
-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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