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Donna Woolfolk Cross is an American author born in 1947. Her works span across children's literature, young adult literature, and adult literature, known for her poignant storytelling and delicate emotional portrayal.

Pope Joan

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Reason God Faith Knowledge Latin St Augustine

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“This was the price for the the strange life she had chosen, but she had gone into it with eyes open, and there was no profit in regret.”

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“She did not care about anything very much. Hope was gone. She existed that was all.”

Hope Existence

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“Eran extraños los caminos del corazón. Uno podía pasar años habituado a una pérdida, resignado, y después, con un pensamiento casual, el dolor volvía a la superficie, agudo y desnudo como una herida reciente.”

Dolor Corazón Perdida Herida Resignación

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“Dėl paiko smalsumo žmonės kartais net praranda tikėjimą.”

Religija Mokslas

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“Why, she wondered, do we always reserve our worst hatred for our own?”

Hate Hatred

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“But you must give people time. The world can't be remade in a day." "The world won't ever be remade, if no one tries to remake it. Change must begin somewhere.”

Change Activism

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“There was always a way, when one knew what one wanted.”

Way Want Wanted

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“As for will, woman should be considered superior to man for Eve ate of the apple for love of knowledge and learning, but Adam ate of it merely because she asked him.”

Men Should Superiors Apples Adam Knowledge And Learning

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“Strange, the workings of the heart. One could go on for years, habituated to loss, reconciled to it, and then, in a moment's unwary thought, the pain resurfaced, sharp and raw as a fresh wound.”

Years Heart Moments Pain Loss Strange Goes On Wounds

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“Heed my words, daughter, if you ever mean to be happy: Never give yourself to a man.”

Ifs Men Giving Mean Daughter Heed

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“Is it not lack of faith that leads men to fear the scrutiny of reason? If the destination is doubtful, then the path must be fraught with fear. A robust faith need not fear, for if God exists, then reason cannot help but lead us to Him. 'Cogito, ergo Deus est,' argues St. Augustine, 'I think, therefore God is.'”

Ifs Thinking Men Needs Reason Helping Path Destination Doubtful Scrutiny Robust God Exists Augustine Lack Of Faith

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“Who was to know what went on in a person's heart? A wise woman kept her own counsel.”

Knows Heart Persons Wise Wise Women

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“What is life? The joy of the blessed, the sorrow of the sad, and a search for death. And what is death? An inevitable happening, an uncertain pilgrimage, the tears of the living, the thief of man.”

Men Joy Tears Sorrow Happenings Blessed Inevitable Thieves Uncertain Pilgrimage What Is Life

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“To marry is to surrender everything--not only your body but your pride, your independence, even your life.”

Body Pride Independence Your Body Surrender

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“When law enforcers are shown to have such unswerving integrity, only the most churlish among us would question the methods they use to "get their man." Constitutional guarantees are regarded as bothersome "technicalities" that impede honest law enforcers in the performance of their duties.”

Men Use Law Honest Duty Integrity Performances Method Guarantees Apathy Technicalities

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Born: 1947
Known for: Writer
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