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" I asked why all us kids had saints’ names, my father had said, “Because life throws so much at us. We want you to remember to be kind, patient, and tolerant. To have empathy for other people, care about them. And to have that extra help, your own saint backing you.”
“But we don’t always go to church,” I’d pointed out.
“Caring about people doesn’t just take place there. It’s how you act out in the world, when no one is looking, where it really counts. "
― Luanne Rice , Pretend She's Here
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" We're keeping them alive," she said. "Sweetheart, the fence, the wall, is inhumane. People are dying."
"That's their choice,"he actually said. "They come here illegally, that's the chance they take."
"When did you get so hard?" she asked, holding his face between her hands. "They're human beings like us, looking for a better life for their families. You understand that, don't you? You did it for us."
"It's a humanitarian crises," she said. "And you're part of the problem. That's why you can't sleep at night. "
― Luanne Rice , The Lemon Orchard