I've always been bad. Probably I shall be bad again, punished again. But the worse I am, the more I need God. I can't shut myself out from His mercy.... Or it may be a private bargain between me and God, that if I give up this one thing I want so much, however bad I am, He won't quite despair of me in the end. Evelyn Waugh
About This Quote

I have always been bad. Probably I shall be bad again, punished again. But the worse I am, the more I need God. I can't shut myself out from His mercy.

... Or it may be a private bargain between me and God, that if I give up this one thing I want so much, however bad I am, He won't quite despair of me in the end. The beauty of this quote is that the speaker is trying to accept her own terrible condition while she is still able to see some beauty in it.

She knows that God still loves her even though she has done so many terrible things. It is true that she has allowed herself to be destroyed by violence and crime, but she still has hope for redemption.

Source: Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred And Profane Memories Of Captain Charles Ryder

Some Similar Quotes
  1. When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for those things without... - Fred Rogers
  2. Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying you’re friends is easy. Being friends is not. - David Levithan
  3. Would you rather live one perfect day over and over or live your life with no perfect days but just decent ones? - Jenny Han
  4. Your truest friends are the ones who will stand by you in your darkest moments--because they're willing to brave the shadows with you--and in your greatest moments--because they're not afraid to let you shine. - Nicole Yatsonsky
  5. I give her the only honest and true answer I have." You're where I want to be. - Simone Elkeles
More Quotes By Evelyn Waugh
  1. I'm not the biggest motorcycle fan - they're cool and a lot of fun, but they're scary as well!
  2. You show up in Paris, and on the drive from the airport to the hotel you're like, 'This is so cool! I want to see something! I want to go to the Eiffel Tower! ' And then you leave the next morning. You think, Oh,...
  3. I've always been really active. I grew up playing sports, so I'm always shooting hoops or throwing the football with my friends. I'm super-active in that sense.
  4. I've always kind of had an interest in the drums but nothing else. The drums are the only thing I feel I would be good at, because I'm a very physical person. I've always played sports and stuff. Drums would give me something to do.
  5. I always played sports when I was young. I played football and baseball for eight years. I loved football.
Related Topics