Quote by Geraldine Brooks
My mothers family were full-on Irish Catholics - faith in an elabo

My mothers family were full-on Irish Catholics – faith in an elaborate old fashioned, highly conservative and madly baroque style. I sort of fell out of the tribe over womens rights and social justice issues when I was just 13 years old. – Geraldine Brooks

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Both my mum and dad were great readers, and we would go every Saturday morning to the library, and my sister and I had a library card when we could pass off something as a signature, and all of us would come with an armful of books. – Geraldine Brooks

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The day in 2004 when the radiologist told me I had invasive cancer, I walked down the hospital corridor looking for a phone to call my husband, and I could almost see the fear coming toward me like a big, black shadow. – Geraldine Brooks

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There are always a few who stand up in times of communal madness and have the courage to say that what unites us is greater than what divides us. – Geraldine Brooks

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There must be a tomorrow, because my life overflows today. – Lois Chartrand

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Evolution and creationism both require faith. Its just a matter of where you choose to place that faith. – Benjamin Carson

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Voters must have faith in the electoral process for our democracy to succeed. – Blanche Lincoln

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Justifying faith is not a naked assent to the truths of the gospel. – William Gurnall

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