"Strange as it may seem, the most ludicrous lines I ever wrote have been written in the saddest mood."

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In contrast to revenge, which is the natural, automatic reaction to transgression and which, because of the irreversibility of the action process can be expected and even calculated, the act of forgiving can never be predicted; it is the only reaction that acts in an unexpected way and thus retains, though being a reaction, something of the original character of action.

— Hannah Arendt