He needed so much to weep. All the distrust of life which misfortunes had brought to the little Värmland boy needed tears to wash it away. Distrust that love and joy, beauty and strength blossomed on the earth, distrust in himself, all must go, all did go, for it was Easter; the dead lived and the Spirit of Fasting would never again come into power.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world... GARY F EVANS... Not," Swift said firmly, "for all the tea in China." "That expression has never made sense to m... LISA KLEYPAS I distrust the incommunicable; it is the source of all violence JEAN-PAUL SARTRE We don't know all the truth! We only know all the lies! ANTHONY T.HINCKS The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful. FRIEDRICH WILHELM NIETZSCHE Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful. FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... 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JONATHAN ANTHONY BURKETT Women distrust men too much in general, and too little in particular. PHILIBERT COMMERSON From the Kindle Book Reflections in the Mirror of Life: “In a slum somewhere in India As... THE PROPHET OF LIFE Wake every morning with the same feeling. Live up high and fly on top of the ceiling. I just know th... ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES Hail to you gods, on that day of the great reckoning. Behold me, I have come to you, without sin, wi... THE BOOK OF THE DEAD You learned right away that applause sounds like love. AVA DELLAIRA I think that many people will intentionally overlook all of the lifeless facts about their relations... C. JOYBELL C. The guiding motto in the life of every natural philosopher should be, Seek simplicity and distrust i... ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. 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JAIME CONTRERAS The founders had a strong distrust for centralized power in a federal government. So they created a ... EZRA TAFT BENSON Being present is being connected to All Things. S. KELLEY HARRELL, M. DIV. We find what we are looking for in life, her father had once said to her, which was true—if you lo... ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH And what that translates into is the public distrust of decisions or lack of respect. ARLENE SILVEIRA The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way to make a man trustworthy is to ... HENRY L. STIMSON We are the choices we make. PATRICK NESS And the pain is too much it's too much it's too much and my hands are on my head and I'm rearing bac... PATRICK NESS Life can only be understood looking backward. It must be lived forward. ERIC ROTH You're afraid of getting hurt like I'm afraid to die. It doesn't mean I'm not going to live every da... VI KEELAND Use your heart. Understand. 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TOLKIEN All the energy, all the pain, sweat and tears that go into it, the amount I had to put in to get me ... CALVIN JOHNSON Congratulations, to the people which made gotham series, still need some more and extra work! DEYTH BANGER The first and foremost human right or fundamental right is the right to exist. APURVA GAGLANI If we ever put research into what the subconscious is we could probably come to the conclusion that ... GARY F EVANS... i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g... SIMI GREWAL All his life Harry Bosch believed he had a mission. And to carry out that mission he needed to be bu... MICHAEL CONNELLY I don't define lust as anything evil or nasty. Lust as defined by me, is the feeling of desire: a de... C. JOYBELL C. The future is uncertain, but that can be a good thing. JENNIFER NIVEN He's for you and wants to help you be the person He created you to be. CRAIG GROESCHEL We have within ourselves as a species, to find the beauty in everything. And once we master it, we w... TOM ALTHOUSE We need to embrace every day and enjoy it as much as we can. KAREN TODD SCARPULLA
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