--- title: "4 Rebecca Johns Quotes" description: "Rebecca Johns is an American author and educator. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri's School of Journalism and the Iowa Writers' Workshop...." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/rebecca-johns-68444_forgive_even-if-god-forgives-you-you-do-not-forg_97674.jpg" --- # Rebecca Johns **4** quotes in **15** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Rebecca Johns is an American author and educator. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri's School of Journalism and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She is the author of Icebergs and The Countess. Johns is a member of the DePaul University English Department and teaches annually at the Iowa Summ ## Quotes by Rebecca Johns > [“Even if God forgives you, you do not forgive yourself. You live in your sorrow like a room of mirrors that reflects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-johns/even-if-god-forgives-you-you-do-not-forgive-yourself-you-live-in-your/) Rebecca Johns [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/rebecca-johns-68444_forgive_even-if-god-forgives-you-you-do-not-forg_97674.jpg) > [“For man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice he is the worst of all;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-johns/for-man-when-perfected-is-the-best-of-animals-but-when-separated-from-2/) Rebecca Johns [Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4a/rebecca-johns-68444_character_for-man-when-perfected-is-the-best-of-an_1401846.jpg) > [“I once laughed at the vanity of women of thirty or forty who whitened their ruddy old skin with lead, but now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-johns/i-once-laughed-at-the-vanity-of-women-of-thirty-or-forty-who-whitened/) Rebecca Johns [Aging](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aging/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/054/rebecca-johns-68444_aging_i-once-laughed-at-the-vanity-of-women-of_1952033.jpg) > [“Beauty was a curse to be borne, not a blessing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-johns/beauty-was-a-curse-to-be-borne-not-a-blessing/) Rebecca Johns [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/237/rebecca-johns-68444_beauty_beauty-was-a-curse-to-be-borne-not-a-ble_2512479.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-johns/#itemlist", "name": "Rebecca Johns Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Even if God forgives you, you do not forgive yourself. 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