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"“'But, I tell you, they'll see me.'
'An hour hence and you will not care. A day hence and you will laugh at it. Don't you remember on earth-there were things too hot to touch with your finger but you could drink them all right?
Shame is like that. If you will accept it—if you will drink the cup to the bottom you will find it very nourishing: but try to do anything else with it and it scalds.’"" — Dec 19, 2025 08:25AM
"“'But, I tell you, they'll see me.'
'An hour hence and you will not care. A day hence and you will laugh at it. Don't you remember on earth-there were things too hot to touch with your finger but you could drink them all right?
Shame is like that. If you will accept it—if you will drink the cup to the bottom you will find it very nourishing: but try to do anything else with it and it scalds.’"" — Dec 19, 2025 08:25AM
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"“The needs of others were always smaller than the needs of one's own child. Perhaps it was the strange distortion of the crisis, or perhaps it was simply human nature, that the pain of others was never as acute or compelling as one's own pain.”" — Dec 16, 2025 11:33AM
"“The needs of others were always smaller than the needs of one's own child. Perhaps it was the strange distortion of the crisis, or perhaps it was simply human nature, that the pain of others was never as acute or compelling as one's own pain.”" — Dec 16, 2025 11:33AM
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