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All water is connected and only land and people are discontinuous. And
“God says, ‘My grace is sufficient. My strength is made perfect in weakness.’” It’d
what differentiates us from other animals isn’t the opposable thumb. It’s our brains. That’s what made us the dominant species. Not hands, but what we think to do with our hands. You know our motto at Saint Bridget’s? It’s from Ecclesiastes. ‘Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.’”
“I have been bent and broken but I hope into better shape.”
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Men like to think that women forget the pain upon seeing the blessed baby. No. A woman forgives the child, and she might even forgive the father. But she never forgets.
because you’re a woman, you can do whatever you imagine you can do.”
sometimes when you are most afraid, when you feel most helpless, that is when God is pointing out a path for you.”
her goodness, her strength despite her tiny size, her patience and tolerance, but especially her goodness.
One shouldn’t just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.
This is the covenant of water: that they’re all linked inescapably by their acts of commission and omission, and no one stands alone.
