I have a secret passion for mercy. But justice is what keeps happening to people.

Ross Macdonald
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  2. I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. (Psalms 116:1-2 NIV) - Anonymous

  3. The reality of loving God is loving him like he's a Superhero who actually saved you from stuff rather than a Santa Claus who merely gave you some stuff. - Criss Jami

  4. The world will give you that once in awhile, a brief timeout; the boxing bell rings and you go to your corner, where somebody dabs mercy on your beat-up life. - Sue Monk Kidd

  5. With time and perspective we recognize that such problems in life do come for a purpose, if only to allow the one who faces such despair to be convinced that he really does need divine strength beyond himself, that she really does need the offer... - Jeffery R. Holland

More Quotes By Ross Macdonald
  1. It was some time since I had gone to sleep in the same room with a girl. Of course, the room was large and reasonably well-lighted, and the girl had other things than me on her mind.

  2. The walls of books around him, dense with the past, formed a kind of insulation against the present world and its disasters.

  3. The walls were lined with books, many of them in foreign languages, like insulation against the immediate present.

  4. I found myself wishing that we could live like the birds and move through nature without hurting it ourselves.

  5. Never sleep with anyone whose troubles are worse than your own.

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