Quotes About Redemption

Cultures live in one of three states. The first state is barbarism. Barbarians believe that the customs of their village are the laws of nature and that anyone who doesn't live the way they live is beneath contempt and requiring redemption or destruction. The third state is decadence. Decadents cynically believe that nothing is better than anything else. If they hold anyone in contempt, it is those who believe in anything. Nothing is worth fighting for.

Saved by the Sith.

Hugh was abandoned by everyone in his life." Her words rang out. "His parents, his teacher, his surrogate father. They all threw him away. He trusted us. He sacrificed himself to save us. This is his home. I'm his wife. I will not abandon him. Bring the cows.

But I've forgiven Hugh, because if I don't forgive him, there is no hope for forgiveness for someone like me.

He felt like an addict who, after abusing a narcotic for years, somehow found himself sober

I wanted to cut Hugh into pieces. I owed him for Mauro, my broken sword, and seven days in the hole. But Curran owed him for seeing me disappear, for finding out where I went, for running after me across half the country not knowing if I was still alive, and then for fighting his way to Mishmar only to find me half-dead. Curran had a much bigger score to settle.

Derek leaned forward, menace rolling off him in a heavy wave. "You let her think you were dead. She saved you.

THE THING ABOUT second chances is knowing what to do with them if they're given to you.

A wish for a future no longer tainted by the past. A future that held joy, not regret. A future that offered love instead of loneliness.

God doesn't expect perfection. All he asks is that we learn from our mistakes and try to do better in the future. He forgives us far more easily than we often forgive ourselves. He also heals the brokenhearted and saves those whose spirit is crushed.

You know what. You've killed me and sent me to hell, and you must descend to the underworld to find me and make me live again. If you don't come for me, I'll become a demon and drag you down into the dark.

In a world without a redeemer only clarity was the answer to guilt. He would make it all clear to himself, shirking nothing, and then he would decide.

I've somehow run myself into hell. There must be many entrances.

And so my life has become tiny and mean and incomplete and I must begin it again without comfort and without magic.

He said, 'Forgive me for being a liar and a fool and an utterly worthless man.' Louise replied, 'I love you.' He took her in his arms for a moment and they held each other with closed eyes.

You're always wanting to be forgiven. What do you want to be forgiven for?

It was too late to go back. There was a hand which could never, in grace and healing, be laid upon him now.

I felt a tenderness for her that was deep and pure, a miracle of love preserved. How clear it flowed, that fountain from the far past. Yes, we must quietly collect our past, collect it up with tacit understanding, without any intensity or drama, blaming and exonerating ourselves with a difference. And how wonderfully possible it seemed, this silent process of redemption

Women had ruined him, but they had also showed him compassion.

Me eché a llorar sin control, y ese torrente de lágrimas me fue lavando por dentro hasta que nada quedó del rencor y la culpa y los malos recuerdos.

I think you'll see that my life story is worthy of a novel, because of my sins more than my virtues.

Me será muy difícil vengar a todos los que tienen que ser vengados, porque mi venganza no sería más que otra parte del mismo rito inexorable. Quiero pensar que mi oficio es la vida y que mi misión no es prolongar el odio, sino sólo llenar estas páginas [...]

Se preguntó de nuevo, como tantas veces antes, cuántos hombres andarían por el mundo turbados por el recuerdo de ella, amándola en secreto, cuántos andarían sedientos de su cariño o anhelando ser redimidos de culpas y dolores por sus hechizos de bruja buena.

Most of the staff members were like that; they returned smiling after we hurt them. It was as if they had made a pact not to give up on us.