He promised us that everything would be okay. I was a child, but I knew that everything would not be okay. That did not make my father a liar. It made him my father.
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Jonathan Safran Foer
He knew only that his child was his warrant. He said: If he is not the word of God God never spoke.
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Cormac McCarthy
Your father is the only God. You can also become god but you must follow a simple rule and let that rule be made up of love.
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Santosh Kalwar
Ah God! What a loving father you are!
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Lailah Gifty Akita
God is my spiritual Father.
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Lailah Gifty Akita
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When we try to understand another, we reveal ourselves, and in revealing ourselves we are able to be understood. Our heart declares itself to another heart, and that which is common between us becomes the bridge over which understanding crosses.
People should think of their words like seeds. They should plant them, then let them grow in silence. Our old people taught us that the earth is always speaking to us, but that we have to be silent to hear her.
