Therefore, she hummed the provincial lullaby she had learned from the officers’ children in the English Quarter of Jerusalem, and watched in fascination while the savage radical’s eyes misted over with tears. For an instant, the prison bars melted away, and she felt God’s presence–for the first time since their imprisonment. She was not a captive, and this man was not her captor. Indeed, they were both merely God’s children. . V.S. Carnes
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The idea of this quote is that we can all be God's children and we need to treat everyone as if they were our own. The only way we will succeed is by treating everyone with respect and kindness.

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