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Justice is the grammar of things. Mercy is the poetry of things.


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The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt.



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This page presents the quote "Justice is the grammar of things. Mercy is the poetry of things.". Author of this quote is Frederick Buechner. This quote is about grammar, mercy, poetry, justice,.