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Thomas Cahill

"We normally think of history as one catastrophe after another, war followed by war, outrage by outrage - almost as if history were nothing more than all the narratives of human pain, assembled in sequence. And surely this is, often enough, an adequate description. But history is also the narratives of grace, the recountings of those blessed and inexplicable moments when someone did something for someone else, saved a life, bestowed a gift, gave something beyond what was required by circumstance."

Source : Thomas Cahill (2010). “Mysteries of the Middle Ages: And the Beginning of the Modern World”, p.3, Anchor

Thomas Cahill

#Pain Quotes #War Quotes #Blessed Quotes

“But I have felt that to be a Jew was, in some ways at least, to be especially privileged.”
“If I should come out of this war alive, I will have more luck than brains.”

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“Forgiveness is easy. Trust is much more difficult, and should never be given lightly.”
“I do love a man who can cook.”

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“Trump said that he hoped bin Laden suffered a lot. It looks like he got his wish, because the CIA said bin Laden spent his last hour watching 'Celebrity Apprentice.'”
“He had not breathed a word of love, or dropped one hint of tenderness or affection, and yet I had been supremely happy. To be near him, to hear him talk as he did talk, and to feel that he thought me worthy to be so spoken to - capable of understanding and duly appreciating such discourse - was enough.”
“Whatever be thy fate today, Remember, this will pass away!”
“If anyone were to find outâ€”â€ I began. Patch kissed me, hard, but with an amused glint in his eye. â€œIf I get caught, itâ€™ll mean the end of kissing you. Do you really think Iâ€™d risk that?â€ His face grew serious. â€œI know I canâ€™t feel your touch, but I feel your love, Nora. Inside me. It means everything to me. I wish I could feel you the same way you feel me, but I have your love. Nothing will ever outweigh that. Some people go their entire lives never feeling the emotions youâ€™ve given me. There is no regret in that.”

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