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"I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded; not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night."
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"If God forgave you, then forget your past and renounce it."

"Real forgiveness in close relationships is never easy. It can't be rushed or engineered."

"We cannot simply forgive and forget, nor should we."

"To forgive, we may need to open our minds to a fuller exploration of the context in which the events occurred, and feel compassion for the circumstances and everyone involved, starting with ourselves."

"When you walk on the face of a world, then forgiveness comes."

"Forgiveness isn't about condoning what has happened to you or someone else's actions against you."

"It's in the nature of the humans and the entire animal kingdom to return blow for blow, cheating for cheating, lie for lie, to hit back with all our might. But what makes us true humans is the power to not hit back."

"Seeking revenge is like reaching out for your own personal turmoil, it's never worth it. Righteousness will always come through Jesus Christ."

"Forgiveness is the highest form of a gift of kindness and it brings freedom from the prison of hatred and revenge."
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