Quotes
Her text is called The Common Place Book of Mary Margaret Minor. Everybody already knows what Mary Margaret thinks about everything, but we said ‘Aye’ because we all like Mary Margaret.
All because he was Born in Sin – and there he’d stay until the last minute of his life, when he would receive God’s Mercy.
‘Think of it, friends,’ Augustus said, ‘a lifetime of misery with God not letting you draw one easy breath. Then in your last few minutes – POOF! you’d get Mercy. Thanks for nothing, I say.
That’s not all, friends: man must never think well of himself – that is called the sin of Pride. Friends, show me a man who hates himself, and I’ll show you a man who hates his neighbours more! He’d have to – you wouldn’t grant anyone else something you can’t have for yourself – no love, no kindness, no respect! So I say, shame on the Parson! Shame on Chaucer!’ Augustus sat down with a thump.
‘Think of it, friends,’ Augustus said, ‘a lifetime of misery with God not letting you draw one easy breath. Then in your last few minutes – POOF! you’d get Mercy. Thanks for nothing, I say.
That’s not all, friends: man must never think well of himself – that is called the sin of Pride. Friends, show me a man who hates himself, and I’ll show you a man who hates his neighbours more! He’d have to – you wouldn’t grant anyone else something you can’t have for yourself – no love, no kindness, no respect! So I say, shame on the Parson! Shame on Chaucer!’ Augustus sat down with a thump.
and a small leather book of Rilke’s poetry with the inscription, For Elizabeth, who turns darkness into light, Christian.
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