Home > Topic > this burden
1 " ...but once more I say do as you please, for we women are born to this burden of being obedient to our husbands, though they be blockheads "
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra , Don Quixote
2 " There are many ways that I have hurt and harmed others, have betrayed or abandoned them, caused them suffering, knowingly or unknowingly, out of my pain, fear, anger, and confusion. Let yourself remember and visualize the ways you have hurt others. See the pain you have caused out of your own fear and confusion. Feel your own sorrow and regret. Sense that finally you can release this burden and ask for forgiveness. Take as much time as you need to picture each memory that still burdens your heart. And then as each person comes to mind, gently say:I ask for your forgiveness, I ask for your forgiveness. "
― Jack Kornfield , The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace
3 " No,” he replied, firmly, smoothing her hair back from the side of her face. “I'll never leave youalone again. You've spent too many years always having to be the strong one, never having anyone torely upon. It stops now, Taylor. What I heard changes nothing when it comes to how I feel about you. Irespect you in a way I've never respected anyone before. Share this burden with me. You've been stronglong enough. Let me shoulder it from here on out. I promise you, I won't fail you. "
― , My Wolf Protector (Wolf Town Guardians, #2)
4 " I have inherited this burden of superstition and nonsense. I govern innumerable men but must acknowledge that I am governed by birds and thunderclaps "
― Thornton Wilder , The Ides of March
