“There is hope in forgiveness”
Source: A Sweet and Bitter Providence: Sex, Race, and the Sovereignty of God
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American writer 1946Related quotes
“Forgiveness is the release of all hope for a better past.”
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“Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past.”
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Variant: Who was it who said that forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a different past?
Source: Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

“Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.”

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