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Marilynne Robinson

“You are not good for your own sake. That probably isn’t even possible. You are good as a courtesy to everyone around you. Keeping a promise or breaking it, telling the truth or lying, matters to those around you. So there is good you can do and always do again. You do not have to believe you are good in order to act well in any specific case. You never lose that option.”

Marilynne Robinson, Jack
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Jack (Gilead, #4) Jack by Marilynne Robinson
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