The man was standing about two feet down in the unfinished grave and stopped shoveling and hurling the dirt out to the side as the visitor approached him. “He was walking back through the cemetery to his car when he came upon a black man digging a grave with a shovel. ― William Kent Krueger, quote from Iron Lake And the only thing that lets us down is our own expectaton. I can't speak for God, Cork, but I'll tell you what I think. Men let women down, women let men down, ideals don't hold water. "Sure hits the spot, Cork." He looked down where Cork sat on the folding canvas chair. "Like justice, eh?" The priest drank and made a satified sound. "Why? Why believe in something that continues to let you down?" We wuestion, doubt, even grow a little despondent at times because what the world shoves at us doesn't seem to bear much mark of the divine." "But in the end I always come back to believing." "Why wouldn't it be? Priests are only human. I just wondered if the same was true in your work." "I'm asking because I've been a cop most of my life, but I don't believe in justice anymore. Elizabeth Moon Born place: in McAllen, Texas, The United States Born date MaSee more on GoodReads Popular quotes
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