Night is a time of rigor, but also of mercy. There are truths which one can see only when it’s dark
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Isaac Bashevis Singer
She kissed their knife marred bodies, for every act of war has, at its heart, an act of mercy.
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Spencer Ellsworth
I was done with hesitation. It wasn't just that we'd run out of options, or that so much was riding on the firebird's power. I'd simply grown ruthless enough or selfish enough to take another creature's life. But I missed the girl who had shown...
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Leigh Bardugo
...Nature has its unexpected and unappreciated mercies.
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Henry Beston
I don't need a mate, ” she muttered, staring up at the bright circle of the early autumn moon. “But can't you send me a nice, sexy, strongmale to dance with? Pretty please?” She hadn't had a lover for close to eight months now, and...
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Nalini Singh
More Quotes By Eugene Kennedy
Mercy is a source of life because we breathe our own spirits through it into the lives of others.
The moment an individual can accept and forgive himself even a little is the moment in which he becomes to some degree lovable.
There would be no need for love if perfection were possible. Love arises from our imperfection, from our being different and always in need of the forgiveness, encouragement and that missing half of ourselves that we are searching for, as the Greek myth tells us,...
The perception of the horizon is an earthbound event; all horizons disappear in space, and we are left shorn of the sweet roots that have held us to the earth, challenged to imagine what is truly present just before us, a unified and seemingly limitless...
Pope Benedict XVI's resignation is big on buzz but is not the stunning surprise claimed by many pundits. It is rather a further example of the German theology professor's style that informed his years as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith,...
