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But I think I know so well the pain we children clutch to our chests, how it lasts our whole lifetime, with longings so large you can’t even weep. We hold it tight, we do, with each seizure of the beating heart: This is mine, this is mine, this is mine.
My Name Is Lucy Barton
Elizabeth Strout
When love is not possession, but participation, then it is part of that co-creation which is our human calling, and which implies such risk that it is often rejected.
The Irrational Season
Madeleine L'Engle
Further fueling the fires of dissent, Wheelwright addressed his congregation as “brothers and sisters” rather than just “brethren” and used as examples of valor not only David and Barak but also the women Deborah and Jael. To the court and the other ministers, it was unthinkable to credit a woman with public power.
American Jezebel
Eve LaPlante
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