“Yes, this is what is good: to forgive evil. There is no other good.”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
Sí, eso es el bien: perdonar el mal. No hay etro bien.
Voces (1943)
“For only the good doubt their own goodness, which is what makes them good in the first place. The bad know they are good, but the good know nothing. They spend their lives forgiving others, but they can't forgive themselves.”
Paul Auster, Man In The Dark, New York: Henry Holt and Company, p. 63.
Man In The Dark (2008)
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