"The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude."

-- Thornton Wilder

#Death Quotes #Gratitude Quotes #Grief Quotes

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“Troubleshooters?" Michael asked. "When there's trouble," I told him, "they shoot it.”
“If God made this world, then i would not want to be the God. It is full of misery and distress that it breaks my heart.”
“To have a traitor for an ally is to have an enemy in waiting”

Source : Jacqueline Carey (2002). “Kushiel's Dart”, p.369, Macmillan
“Thereâ€™s been a problem, a problem eating away at me from the inside out. Iâ€™ve become weak, Iâ€™ve shown human compassion, and it has weakened me. But no more. Tonight I will once again feast on fear and suffering. My appetite for agony will be awakened. I will once again taste the pain of others. I will feast on the fear of the innocent, and that is the sweetest taste of all. Tonight I hunger for a sacrifice.”
“The heart of Christ can be seen through the openings of his wounds. For what can prove to me so clearly as your wounds that you, O Lord Jesus, are sweet & mild & plenteous in mercy.”
“What is the extinction of a condor to a child who has never seen a wren?”
“Being a parent is very important to me.”

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