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“Satisfaction is also a matter of sacrifice”

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“I hope his pain fades in death. I did not love him till he was dead; and he should be dead, but he is still my brother. So I pray he finds peace in the vale and that I will see him again one day and we'll embrace as brothers as he forgives me for what I did to him, because I did it for a dream, for our people.”

Death Prayer Sacrifice Brother

Book:Red Rising

Source: Red Rising

“When we say it is the whole story, the cross tells us that death is only half the story. And it is by far the least compelling half.”

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Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“I think of the hundreds upon hundreds of pictures and videos of the mutilated, the starved, the dismembered, and I am reminded that all of this is functionally invisible to so many in the part of the world where I now live. That if it were presented to them, some would undoubtedly respond the way Barbara Bush once did when asked about the Iraqi dead: “Why should we hear about body bags and deaths? It’s not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?” But others, I think, would recoil in a different way. Stubborn as anything, I hang on to the hope that, presented with proof of injustice, the majority human reflex is to act against it.”

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Book:One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

Source: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

“Having a noble idea does not make me noble. Acting on a noble idea still does not make me noble. What makes me noble is to realize that nobility is simply putting others before myself and acting on that. And in that sense, we are all called to nobility.”

Giving Action Decision Sacrifice Noble Nobility Idea Fellowman

Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“A real journey will demand that I put my shoes on, but then I’ve got to stand up and walk. And I forget the second part, the first part doesn’t matter.”

Work Sacrifice Journey Calling Determination Destination Invest

Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“To lead is not to call your family up to where you’re at. Rather, it’s to abandon where you’re at and call yourself down to where they are.”

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Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“I said, "When someone asks you to trade the chance of Lazmet Noavek's death for the life of Ryzek's Scourge..." and then shouted, ".. you do it!”

Book:The Fates Divide

Source: The Fates Divide

“Because that is what a husband is supposed to do for his wife: lay down his life even when he doesn't have to.”

Love Wife Sacrifice Husband

Book:The One

Source: The One

“If I have held a part of myself back from my children, I have obviously spent some time calculating the expense of being a father. And the fact is, a real father doesn't do that kind of math.”

Love Children Sacrifice Son Dad Daughter Fatherhood Families Parenting Children Father S Day

Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“We no longer saw the war as one between trade-rivals: its continuance seemed merely a sacrifice of the idealistic younger generation to the stupidity and self-protective alarm of the elder.”

Book:Goodbye To All That

Source: Goodbye To All That