"You can embark on new and steeper versions of your old sins, you know, and cry tears while doing it that are genuine as any."

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Source : Leif Enger (2007). “Peace Like a River”, p.179, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Leif Enger

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“People routinely assume that ***** is such a difficult and divisive issue because it's about sex. In fact, this culture struggles unsuccessfully with ***** because it is about men's cruelty to women, and the pleasure men sometimes take in that cruelty. And that is much more difficult for people-- men and women-- to face.”
“Campaigning actress ASHLEY JUDD refuses to 'breed' with her racing star husband DARIO FRANCHITTI while there are starving children in the world. .Â .Â . She says, 'It's unconscionable to breed with the number of children who are starving to death in impoverished countries.'Â ”
“When it comes to fighting you shouldn't be thinking at all. You have to clear your mind and trust yourself completely.”
“Since I can't be with you right now I will have to be content just dreaming about when we will be together again.”
“Some sculptors make drawings, I make heads.”
“Love is no conditions. Love is given, despite hurt or rejection. Love is life and breath and touch. Love is helping someone live.”
“Animal welfare issues have always been important to me.”

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