"Cruel birds, ravens, but wise. And creatures should be loved for their wisdom if they cannot be loved for kindness."

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Source : Hannah Kent (2013). “Burial Rites”, p.33, Pan Macmillan

Hannah Kent

#Wise Quotes #Kindness Quotes #Ravens Quotes

“What happened on September 11th is at least, theoretically, small stuff compared to what can happen.”
“Even if you are on the brink of damnation, even if you have one foot in hell, even if you have sold your soul to the devil as sorcerers do who practice black magic, and even if you are a heretic as obstinate as a devil, sooner or later you will be converted and will amend your life and will save your soul, if-and mark well what I say-if you say the Holy Rosary devoutly every day until death for the purpose of knowing the truth and obtaining contrition and pardon for your sins.”
“As southeast Texas's only Member of the House Transportation Committee, I'm especially proud of being able to help bring hundreds of millions of dollars to the region to create jobs and improve the area infrastructure.”
“There is no reason to regret that I cannot finish the church. I will grow old but others will come after me. What must always be conserved is the spirit of the work, but its life has to depend on the generations it is handed down to and with whom it lives and is incarnated”
“When I went to college, my goal was to be a college history teacher. I majored in history.”
“Poor people are bonsai people. There is nothing wrong in their seeds. Simply, society never gave them the base to grow on. All it needs to get the poor people out of poverty for us to create an enabling environment for them. Once the poor can unleash their energy and creativity, poverty will disappear very quickly.”
“I once had a thousand desires. But in my one desire to know you all else melted away.”
“At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water”

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