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"My grandmother's last act on earth was a call for forgiveness, love, and tolerance."
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"The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing."
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"If God forgave you, then forget your past and renounce it."
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"That's one of the things we learn as we grow older -- how to forgive. It comes easier at forty than it did at twenty."
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"You know we talked about where people go when they die. I just believe you go someplace and I seen her layin there and I thought maybe she wouldn't go to heaven because, you know, I thought she wouldn't and I thought about God forgivin people and I thought about if I could ask God to forgive me for killin that son of a bitch because you and me both know I ain't sorry for it and I reckon this sounds ignorant but I didn't want to be forgiven if she wasn't. I didn't want to do or be nothin that she wasn't like going to heaven or anything like that."
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"If we really want to learn how to forgive, perhaps we had better start with something easier than the Gestapo."
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"To restore a lost relationship is your choice."
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"Although every person makes mistakes, not every mistake makes a person."
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"Real forgiveness in close relationships is never easy. It can't be rushed or engineered."
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"Love's voice reverberates with forgiveness across the room of our heart."
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"We cannot simply forgive and forget, nor should we."
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"Sure, we thought the acresThat we tilled were sacred,But how could we have knownThat wheat can haunt like ghosts."
Memory


"Did she say anything before she died?" he asked."Yes," the surgeon said. "She said, 'Forgive him'""Forgive him?" my father asked."I think she was referring to the drunk driver who killed her."Wow.My grandmother's last act on earth was a call for forgiveness, love and tolerance.She wanted us to forgive Gerald, the dumb-ass Spokane Indian alcoholic who ran her over and killed her.I think My Dad wanted to go find Gerald and beat him to death.I think my mother would have helped him.I think I would have helped him, too.But my grandmother wanted us to forgive her murderer.Even dead, she was a better person than us."
Forgiveness


"An Indian's wealth Is determined by what they lose And not by what they save."
Wealth


"You meet me after school right here", I said."Why?" he asked.I couldn't believe he was so stupid."Because we're going to finish this fight.""You're crazy," Roger said.He got to his feet and walked away. His gang stared at me like I was a serail killer, and they followed their leader.I was absolutely confused.I had followed the rules of fighting. i had behaved exactly the way I was supposed to behave. But these white boys had ignored the rules. In fact, they followed a whole other set of mysterious rules where people apparently DID NOT GET INTO FISTFIGHTS."
Conflict


"What kind of life can you have in a house without books?"
Literature


"All I owe the world is my art."
Art


"(I think Rowdy might be the most important person in my life. maybe more important than my family.) Can your best friend be more importamt than your family?"
Friendship


"Here's a fact: Some people want to live moreThan others do."
Desire


"But how can I get enough experience if they don't give me a chance to get experience?"
Opportunity


"When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author."
Gratitude
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