8 Quotes by Geraldine Brooks about discipleship
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He gave himself fully to the penitent life, fasting, praying, confessing his wickedness and execrating himself in public. He became a better man in the small matters of his days, an even better, wiser king in the great matters of state.
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The common soldiers did not blame him for his excessive grief. They knew him. They knew his flaws. Indeed, I think they loved him all the more because he was flawed, as they were, and did not hide his passionate, blemished nature.
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You don't need a prophet to tell you to eat.
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This night he was a king before he was a man. At this time, this troubled me. Later, I would have cause to wish it were always so.
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the heart of a prophet is not his own to bestow.
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It is one thing to know what is to come. It is another thing to confront it.
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It's remarkable how very many things there are that a king may not do.
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He did wrong. He has acknowledged it before the people. He repents it. How many kings have the humility to do that?
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