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“Whatever the reasons, when forgiveness happens it is always a miracle of grace. The obstacles in its way are immense”

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Miroslav Volf is a prominent theologian born on September 25, 1956. His research spans across various fields such as religion, ethics, and globalization, profoundly influencing contemporary theology. more

“I tensed, waiting for the fury - both his and mine - but it was only quiet and calm in the darkness of his room. I could almost taste the sweetness of reunion in the air, a separate fragrance from the perfume of his breath; the emptiness when we were apart left its own bitter aftertaste, something I didn't consciously notice until it was removed. There was no friction in the space between us. The stillness was peaceful - not like the calm before the tempest, but like a clear night untouched by even the dream of a storm.”

Dream Night Left Waiting Space Rooms Darkness Clear Air Mines Taste Quiet Breaths Calm Storm Bitter Peaceful Emptiness Stillness Sweetness Perfume Fragrance Fury Reunion Tempest Space Between Friction

Book:Eclipse

Source: Eclipse

“...you canʹt always choose how you love a person. Love isnʹt logical or fair. It just happens.”

Persons Happens Fairs Logical Persons Love

Author:Elizabeth Chandler

“Power can do everything but the most important thing: it cannot control love.”

Important Can Do Important Things

Book:Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud

Source: Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud

“Well, for that matter, I was also a good friend of Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Francis Bacon, Albert Einstein, and John, Paul, George, and Ringo." He pauses, seeing the blank look on my face and groaning when he says, "Christ, Ever, the Beatles!" He shakes his head and laughs. "God, you make me feel old.”

Feels Wells Looks Matter Faces Christ Laughing Seeing Shakes Blank Good Friend Pauses Leonardo John Paul Groaning Ringo Botticelli You Make Me Feel

Book:The Immortals Bundle 1-3: The Immortals: Evermore, The Immortals: Blue Moon and The Immortals: Shadowland

Source: The Immortals Bundle 1-3: The Immortals: Evermore, The Immortals: Blue Moon and The Immortals: Shadowland

“This is a story about a family and, as there is a ghost involved, you might cal it a ghost story. But every family is a ghost story. The dead sit at out tables long after they have gone.”

Long Stories Might Gone Involved Tables Ghost Ghost Stories

Author:Mitch Albom

“but then she did. she died. no more visits, no more phone calls. And without even realizing it, I began to drift, as if my roots had been pulled, as if I were floating down some side branch of a river.”

Ifs Sides Realizing Rivers Roots Died Phones Branches Floating Phone Calls

Author:Mitch Albom

“Mothers support certain illusions about their children, and one of my illusions was that I liked who I was, because she did. When she passed away, so did that idea.”

Children Ideas Mother Certain Support Illusion Passed Away

Author:Mitch Albom

“Kids chase the love that eludes them, and for me, that was my father's love. He kept it tucked away, like papers in a briefcase. And I kept trying to get in there.”

Trying Kids Father Paper Papers Elude Briefcases

Author:Mitch Albom

“It was sad, the imbalance of it all. Why do kids assume so much from one parent and hold the other to a lower, looser standard?”

Kids Parent Standards Assuming Imbalance

Author:Mitch Albom

“What if I lose you?" "You can't lose your mother, Charley.”

Ifs Mother Loses What If

Author:Mitch Albom

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