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That's five friends, one each for Jesu's wounds, and Godric bears their mark still on what's left of him as in their time they all bore his on them. What's friendship, when all's done, but the giving and taking of wounds?
Frederick Buechner
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Frederick Buechner
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: July 11
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Envy is the consuming desire to have everybody else as unsuccessful as you are.
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For as long as you remember me, I am never entirely lost.
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Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it, because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace.
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