"Grief and guilt. A powerful combination. Guilt like a liquid, a thin liquor, seeping everywhere, informing everything, saturating the whole-corrosive, like seawater, scented with the rich stench of ordure and corruption, and carrying with it hard, abrasive shards of grief."

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Source : Simon Mawer (2011). “The Gospel Of Judas”, p.149, Hachette UK

Simon Mawer

#Powerful Quotes #Grief Quotes #Guilt Quotes

“For all the saints who from their labors rest, Who, to the world their steadfast faith confessed, your name, O Jesus, be forever blessed Alleluia!”
“It isn't for the moment you are struck that you need courage, but for that long uphill climb back to sanity and faith and security.”
“If one could possess, grasp, and know the other, it would not be other.”
“There are are some dirty, greedy people out there, and unfortunately I know some.”
“There is a privilege in American society to being male and being white, and I think it's hard for white males to understand that privilege, because we've never experienced the opposite. When I sought out mentors to try to move forward, there were white males in virtually every position from which I was seeking mentorship. There was a natural simpatico or natural comfort. And so if you believe that's true, and I believe it's true, then we have to change that. We have to try to equalize opportunity and privilege.”

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“Weâ€™re not Indians and weâ€™re not Native Americans. Weâ€™re older than both concepts. Weâ€™re the people, weâ€™re the human beings.”
“Character driven stories engage me and when an audience gets to know a character in an unforced way and finds themselves rooting for him or her, those are the kind of movies that get me excited.”
“As a teenager, I began to question the Great Christian Sorting System. My gay friends in high school were kind and funny and loved me, so I suspected that my church had placed them in the wrong category... Injustices in the world needed to be addressed and not ignored. Christians weren't good; people who fought for peace and justice were good. I had been lied to, and in my anger at being lied to about the containers, I left the church. But it turns out, I hadn't actually escaped the sorting system. I had just changed the labels.”

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