“I have to believe much in God because I have lost my faith in man.”
José Rizal book Noli Me Tángere
Source: Noli Me Tángere
“Always before in moments of crisis I called on that power we call God to help me through. This time, having lost faith in others and my faith in myself, I had lost my hope in God too. Now that hope returned. I really believed that He hadn't wanted me to die.”
On the aftermath of her suicide attempt, p. 160.
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