"We tend to forget at times that it is the little ones, the children, who do suffer the greatest hurt. If we cannot comprehend why certain sorrows are visited upon us, how on earth can they?"

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Source : Sharon Kay Penman (2008). “The Sunne In Splendour: A Novel of Richard III”, p.275, St. Martin's Griffin

Sharon Kay Penman

#Hurt Quotes #Children Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“My education and background thoroughly inform my writing”
“You can live without me." "I don't want to." I feared a love like this - that made us incomplete without each other. It was beautiful but treacherous, like snow that looked white and pure and lovely from the safety of your window, but when you stepped out to touch the softness, the cold first stole your breath, and then your will to move, until you could just lay down in it and let the numbness take you. yet I didn't want to be without him either, so I didn't chide him for the statement.”
“Ramires is involved in everything he does.”
“I believe in God. In fact, I believe in a personal God who acts in and interacts with the creation. I believe that the observations about the orderliness of the physical universe, and the apparently exceptional fine-tuning of the conditions of the universe for the development of life suggest that an intelligent Creator is responsible.”
“Just enough'll solve your problems too much'll kill ya”
“To tell the truth, I never think about a homer. I'm just thinking of the situation and what I've got to do when I go to the plate.”
“I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time.”
“Therefore we examineÂ with considerable diligence the consensus of the true, learned, and purer antiquity, and we love and praise the testimonies of the fathers which agree with the Scripture.”

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