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Solitude is not a way of running away from life ... from our feelings. On the contrary. This is the time we sort them out, air them, get over them, and go on without the burden of yesterday.
Joan D. Chittister
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Beware the religion that turns you against another one. It's unlikely that it's really religion at all.
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