"Romantic love is blind to everything except what……" — Frederick Buechner
"Romantic love is blind to everything except what is lovable and lovely, but Christ's love sees us with terrible clarity and sees us whole. Christ's love so wishes our joy that it is ruthless against everything in us that diminishes our joy. The worst sentence Love can pass is that we behold the suffering which Love has endured for our sake, and that is also our acquittal. The justice and mercy of the judge are ultimately one."
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Frederick Buechner
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169 Quotes by Frederick Buechner
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We find by losing. We hold fast by letting go. We become something new by ceasing to be something old.
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In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.
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For every crime that comes before him, a judge is required to complete a perfect syllogism in which the major…
— Cesare Beccaria
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In America, an acquittal doesn't mean you're innocent, it means you beat the rap. My clients lose even when they…
— F. Lee Bailey
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Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.
— Horace
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I always received much more satisfaction as a defense attorney in obtaining an acquittal for a client than I ever…
— Jim Garrison
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Here is a man whose life and actions the world has already condemned - yet whose enormous fortune...has already brought…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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The ancient man approached God (or even the gods)as the accused person approaches his judge. For the modern man the…
— C.S. Lewis
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The breath Of accusation kills an innocent name, And leaves for lame acquittal the poor life, Which is a mask…
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
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I made no pretense of doing balanced reporting about murder. I was appalled by defense attorneys who would do anything…
— Dominick Dunne
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Among those people lucky enough, if you will, to have actually been brought to trial as a political prisoner, several…
— Barbara Amiel
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A woman has a much better chance than a man of acquittal on a murder charge. If she happens to…
— Unknown Author
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I knew I was coming home, I thought they would consider acquittal, I was disappointed that they didn't.
— Louise Woodward
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The truth is evident. There is no freedom but instead bondage and control in rebellion. It is the opening of…
— John Bevere
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