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Jay McInerney
Jay McInerney

Jay McInerney is a renowned American author, born on January 13, 1955. His works are known for their sharp observations and profound emotional descriptions, with notable titles including 'Rabbit, Run' and 'Bright Lights, Big City'. more

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“We need be careful how we deal with those about us, when every death carries to some small circle of survivors, thoughts of so much omitted, and so little done- of so many things forgotten, and so many more which might have been repaired! There is no remorse so deep as that which is unavailing; if we would be spared its tortures, let us remember this, in time.”

IfsNeedsLittlesHas BeensDoneMightWould BeRememberDealsForgottenCarefulCirclesTortureCarrieSurvivorBe CarefulRemorseMight Have Been
Book:OLIVER TWIST (Illustrated Edition): Including
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“Now we cannot...discover our failure to keep God's law except by trying our very hardest (and then failing). Unless we really try, whatever we say there will always be at the back of our minds the idea that if we try harder next time we shall succeed in being completely good. Thus, in one sense, the road back to God is a road of moral effort, of trying harder and harder. But in another sense it is not trying that is ever going tobring us home. All this trying leads up to the vital moment at which you turn to God and say, "You must do this. I can't.”

IfsTryingMindI CanIdeasMomentsHomeLawTurnsNextEffortMoralFailingSucceedHarderHardestNext TimeTurn To God
Author:C. S. Lewis
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