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“We are on strike, we, the men of the mind.We are on strike against self-immolation. We are on strike against the creed of unearned rewards and unrewarded duties. We are on strike against the dogma ...”
“If only it were possible to love without injury fidelity isnt enough: I had been faithful to Anne and yet I had injured her. The hurt is in the act of possession: we are too small in mind and body...”
“She looks at the swings, and I can see shes imagining what theyd look like if the kids werent there. The guilt of this holds her down momentarily. It appears to be there constantly. Never far away,...”
“But I have my life, Im living it. Its twisted, exhausting, uncertain, and full of guilt, but nonetheless, theres something there.”
“I have moments that aren't too bad, but there's always something I'm struggling with, or feeling guilty about. I just figured I needed to try harder, but I find it difficult to sustain that motivat...”
“He didnt deserve compassion. Sympathy. Not even understanding. He deserved worse, far worse than he had ever been given.”
“It's exhausting, the energy it takes to unknow a truth.”
“On the ration cards of Nazi Germany, there was no listing for punishment, but everyone had to take their turn. For some it was death in a foreign country during the war. For others it was poverty a...”
“Whew,' he said, 'I'm glad that's over, Thomas. I've been feeling awfully bad about it.' It was only too evident that he no longer did.”
“She has committed no crime, she has merely broken a rigid and time-honored code of our society, a code so severe that whoever breaks it is hounded from our midst as unfit to live with. She is the v...”
“Those who are ignorant should be taught all you can teach them; society is to blame for not providing free public education; and society will answer for the obscurity it produces. If the soul is le...”
“Nobody's innocent... but that doesn't reset the bar on guilt.”
“Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaPenitent: Someone who has been made incapable of enjoying himself.”
“Guilt is the toothache of the soul.”
“Guilt: it comes in so many subtle forms. It's carbon monoxide for the soul.”
“Should is my all time least favorite word! Its this sort of guilt inducing, finger wagging word that we use to beat up others and ourselves.”
“Should is my all time least favoriteword! Its this sort of guilt inducing, finger wagging word that we use to beat up ourselves andothers.”
“Should' is my all time least favoriteword! Its this sort of guilt inducing, finger wagging word that we use to beat up ourselves andothers.”
“Should' is my all time least favorite word. Its this sort of guilt inducing, finger wagging word that we use to beat up others and ourselves.”
“I see you kneeling in churchstained only by colored windows”
