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Donna Woolfolk Cross

Why, she wondered, do we always reserve our worst hatred for our own?

Donna Woolfolk Cross

Shattered by the cumulative effect of so much horror and death, Joan was again afflicted by a crisis of faith. How could a good and benevolent God let such a thing happen? How could He so terribly afflict even children and babies, who were not guilty of any sin?

religous, thought-provoking

Donna Woolfolk Cross

There was always a way, when one knew what one wanted.

always, want, way

Donna Woolfolk Cross

But she had known, better than anyone else, what demons he had faced, had known how hard he had fought to free himself from them. That he had lost the fight in the end made the struggle no less honorable.

demons, fight, honor, struggle

Donna Woolfolk Cross

This was the price for the the strange life she had chosen, but she had gone into it with eyes open, and there was no profit in regret.

feminism, living-without-regrets, nonconformity, pope-joan

Donna Woolfolk Cross

Heed my words, daughter, if you ever mean to be happy: Never give yourself to a man.

happy, love, man, sex, woman

Donna Woolfolk Cross

She had discovered that her love of knowing was not unnatural or sinful but the direct consequence of a God-given ability to reason.

Donna Woolfolk Cross

She did not care about anything very much. Hope was gone. She existed that was all.

existence, hope

Donna Woolfolk Cross

Who was to know what went on in a person’s heart? A wise woman kept her own counsel.

Donna Woolfolk Cross

This was the price for the the strange life she had chosen, but she had gone into it with eyes open, and there was no profit in regret.

feminism, living-without-regrets, nonconformity, pope-joan

Donna Woolfolk Cross

Heed my words, daughter, if you ever mean to be happy: Never give yourself to a man.

happy, love, man, sex, woman

Donna Woolfolk Cross

She had discovered that her love of knowing was not unnatural or sinful but the direct consequence of a God-given ability to reason.