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“Ik heb al zoveel over boord gegooid, dat ik wel eens kapseizen kon bij gebrek aan zwaarte.”

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Book:Het dwaallicht

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“To love a woman for her virtues is meaningless. She's earned it, it's a payment, not a gift. But to love her for her vices is a real gift, unearned and undeserved. To love her for her vices is to defile all virtue for her sake - and that is a real tribute of love, because you sacrifice your conscience, your reason, your integrity and your invaluable self-esteem.”

Love Virtue Sacrifice Vices

Book:Atlas Shrugged

Source: Atlas Shrugged

“He gave his life to save the thing that mattered most to him: his Clanmates,” he meowed softly. “He truly has the stars at his paws now. You will see him again, when it is time.”

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Book:The Last Hope

Source: The Last Hope

“We'll buy back our own harm with what is most dear to us.”

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Book:Iphigenia in Aulis

Source: Iphigenia in Aulis

“Ulla could forgive betrayal, another abandonment, even her own death. But not this moment, when after all her sacrifice, she begged for mercy and Signy sought a prince's permission to grant it.”

Sacrifice Forgiveness Betrayal Vangeance

Book:The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic

Source: The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic

“Frequently, and not only in the popular usage, sadomasochism is confounded with love. Masochistic phenomena, especially, are looked upon as expressions of love. An attitude of complete self-denial for the sake of another person and the surrender of one's own rights and claims to another person have been praised as examples of "great love". It seems that there is no better proof for "love" than sacrifice and the readiness to give oneself up for the sake of the beloved person. Actually, in these cases, "love" is essentially a masochistic yearning and rooted in the symbiotic need of the person involved.”

Love Sacrifice Sadomasochism No Greater Love

Book:Escape from Freedom

Source: Escape from Freedom

“Why you keep telling me to be careful, Old man ? Your stupidity doesn't deserve my sacrifice, Kiddo.”

Sacrifice Stupidity

Book:Master of Stupidity

Source: Master of Stupidity

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Book:Demon Apocalypse

Source: Demon Apocalypse

“I expect God to use me, not because of who I am but because of who Jesus is. Not because of what I've done, but because of what Jesus has done.”

Author:Rick Warren

“The Golds have everything, yet they demand sacrifices even from their own. This place is sick. This empire broken. It eats its kings, its queens, as hungrily as it does the paupers who mill its earth.”

Politics Sacrifice Corruption

Book:Golden Son

Source: Golden Son

“Take my heart and squeeze it out over the face of Your Bride, the Church.”

Love Sacrifice Feminism

Author:Catherine of Siena