Quotes About Redemption

One can convert only a sinner, never a saint.

You're wrong about me, because we can be friends if you let me try, now that you know how worthless I am. And you're wrong about Barcelona, too, because you may think you've seen everything, but I can guarantee that's not true. If you'll allow me, I can prove it to you.

If there is a god, or hundreds of them, I hope they will forgive me for the harm I may have inflicted on you by telling you exactly what happened.

What the flower vendor interpreted as 'pretty nasty' was only the intensity that comes to those who, better late than never, have found a purpose in life and are pursuing it to make up for lost time.

All the bad things you do in life come back to you, (David). And I've done a lot of bad things. A lot. But I've paid the price. (The Angel's Game)

Are you sure you don't think that if you save someone decent, you'll save the world, or at least the possibility that something good might be left in it?

Supe entonces que dedicaría cada minuto que nos quedaba juntos a hacerla feliz, a reparar el daño que le había hecho y a devolverle lo que nunca supe darle.

One can covert only a sinner, never a saint.

Un hombre ha de tener vicios, a ser posible de categoría, o cuando llega a la vejez no tiene de qué redimirse. De

yet there are days when I feel that a certain brightness is tentatively returning to Barcelona, as if between us all we'd driven it out but it had forgiven us in the end.

Un uomo deve avere qualche vizio, se possibile di classe, altrimenti quando arriva alla vecchiaia non ha nulla da cui redimersi.

I looked at her, a broken woman with tears in her eyes, and didn't wish for anything in the world other than the ability to give her back what she'd never had.

Äiti kertoi hänelle vanhasta loitsusta, se oli kalastajien legenda, jonka hän oli kuullut pikkutyttönä rannalla. Kun joku kadotti suuntansa elämässä ja tunsi kuoleman vaanivan sieluaan, legenda kertoi, että jos hän löysi puhtaan sielun joka uhrautuisi hänen puolestaan, hän voisi naamioida mustan sydämensä sillä eikä kuolema huomaisi häntä vaan kulkisi ohi.

A man must have vices, expensive ones if possible. Otherwise when he reaches old age he will have nothing to be redeemed from. In fact, I'm going to have one with you, what the hell!

No hay segundas oportunidades, excepto para el remordimiento.

A man didn't make mistakes. He made choices. Bad once stayed with him for a long time, but with a little luck and a lot of hard work, hopefully not forever. With planning and diligence, he could make amends.

he was running from Jesus and Jesus wouldn't give up the chase.

Sometimes God gives us an end so we can have a better beginning," Luke said. "Are

Saint Peter could get rid of his little black book with the names of the worthy written in it. Aunt Gert would arrive with a new and updated version tucked under her arm.

We can't go back and redo or undo the past, but we don't have to let it define us

The whole human race, beginning with Eve, comes from Adam's wounded side. A second race--a new redeemed humanity--comes from Jesus' wounded side. Jesus is the second Adam. Even before there is despair, God foreshadows hope. The creation of the woman is a sacred, holy moment.

Jesus won the war, and the rest of history is simply mopping up.

The myth that "emotions are bad" puts the blame in the wrong place. Emotions aren't inherently bad or unruly, but sin has devastated our emotions.

no situation created by our sin is so horrible that God can't redeem it for good—both for us and for our families.