"It was not the thorn bending to the honeysuckles, but the honeysuckles embracing the thorn."

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Mom told us we would have to go shoplifting. Isn't that a sin?" I asked Mom. Not exactly," Mom said. "God doesn't mind you bending the rules a little if you have a good reason. It's sort of like justifiable homicide. This is justifiable pilfering.

— Jeannette Walls