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"How could she love him after what he did to her? How could she contemplate taking him back? It's sad that those are the first thoughts that run through our minds when someone is abused. Shouldn't there be more distaste in our mouths for the abusers than for those who continue to love the abusers?"
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"There are some great positive quotes out there that I can't quite share as I wonder how a victim in a war torn country could be expected to see from their perspective?"
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"But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people, and do our best to help them find their own grace. That's what I strive to do, that's what I pray to do every day."
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"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity."
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"Maybe we have shoes so we can learn to walk in another's oath before judging their footsteps?"
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"The pain of humanity's most maltreated victims echoes deep within each of us, in the form of our shame or ignorance."
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"Because no one is walking in your shoes, only you feel the sores on your feet."
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"The idea that I can't share my problems with other people makes me not give a shit about their problems."
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"Just because an impressive storm doesn't touch you, you must not find it beautiful! Lend an ear to the voices of those which are under the storm!"
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"When someone is suffering, there is a deep, visceral reaction in the core of our being, a flood of empathy and a frightfully desperate compulsion to give aid."
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"Weeping for other people's pain isn't true weeping if it doesn't come from deep down your heart."
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"Because it's not muscles that make men strong. Secret do. The more secret you keep, the stronger you are on the inside."
Strength
"Whether or not the couple ends up together at the end of a book doesn't determine whether the book has a happy ending or not. As long as the two people end up happy, it doesn't really matter if they end up happy together."
Happiness
"I stood beside the U-Haul, and I just watched her. I stared at her while she looked on with the saddest look in her eyes. I wanted to know what she was thinking about, what was going on in her head. What had mad her so sad? I wanted to hug her so bad. When she finally got out of the U-Haul and I introduced myself to her, it took all I had to let go of her hand. I wanted to hold on to it forever. I wanted to let her know that she wasn't alone. Whatever burden it was that she was carrying around, I wanted to carry it for her. I wish I could, Lake. I wish I could take it all away. Unfortunately, that's not how it works. It doesn't just go away."
Love
"It's amazing what the sound of a voice you've been longing to hear can do to your heart. He spoke five words just now, but in the time it took him to speak those five words, my heart was shredded and minced, then placed back inside my chest with the expectation that it should somehow know how to beat again."
Emotion
"When someone close to you dies, the memories and recollections of them are painful."
Loss
"Truths are written, never said... Lines are drawn, but then they fade."
Truth
"To me, lyrics are harder to write when you have to invent the feelings behind them. That's when lyrics take a lot of thought, when they aren't genuine."
Art
"I would never let anyone else borrow my heart if I know there's a chance in hell you might want it back."
Relationship
"Lust is the best of all the deadly sins."
Desire
"Lines are drawn, but then they fade. For her I bend, for you I break."
Relationship
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