No one could really hate a saint, could they? They can't really hate God either. When they want to Hate Him and His saints they have to find something like themselves and pretends it's God and hate that.

Evelyn Waugh
About This Quote

This quote really makes you think about yourself, does that person in the mirror really look like the person in this quote? No, that person in the mirror is not a saint. That person is not God either. The person in the mirror has his or her own faults and imperfections.

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

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