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Young ladies, especially sisters, do not fight like cats and dogs in the street.” The teacher was obviously an only child.
Immediately after Lili'uokalani’s call for a new constitution, a small coterie of white businessmen had formed a Committee for Safety—their own.
Surely, he maintained, as great and freedom-loving a country as the United States could not allow such a flagrant miscarriage of justice to long stand.
‘There is beauty,’ she said, ‘in the least beautiful of things.’ ”
At Bishop Home, when asked by the governor what she would do to improve conditions here, Sister Catherine looked up at the leaky roof and down at the ancient floorboards, then suggested with a smile that a lit match might be the most effective course of action.
Crossen quickly regained his footing, staring at Kenji with cold fury. “You Japs are good at sneak attacks.” “And you’re pretty good at beating up women.”
KENJI!!!
‘Who can doubt the presence of God in the sight of men whom He has given wings.’ I recall that so precisely because I’ve had time to consider my error.” She smiled. “God didn’t give man wings; He gave him the brain and the spirit to give himself wings. Just as He gave us the capacity to laugh when we hurt, or to struggle on when we feel like giving up.
“I’ve come to believe that how we choose to live with pain, or injustice, or death … is the true measure of the Divine within us.
Oh, God! Rachel thought, dropping to her knees. I killed her! “Sarah! Sarah!” She cradled Sarah’s head with her bad hand and fanned her face furiously with the good one. “Don’t you dare go and die on me, Sarah Kalama!” she cried. “Oh, this is so like you!”
Sisters 👯♀️
