"Quotes"

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"I feel so tempted. I feel so tempted to despair. I'm afraid. The weight of your silence is terrible. I pray, but I'm lost. Or am I just praying to nothing? Nothing. Because you are not there ."


"The price for your glory is their suffering."


"There's a saying in here: "Mountains and rivers can be moved but men's nature cannot be moved"."


"Be quiet. Don't speak to me. You have no right to speak to me.

Oh, I do. Because you are just like me. You see Jesus in Gethsemane and believe your trial is the same as His. Those five in the pit are suffering too, just like Jesus, but they don 't have your pride. They would never compare themselves to Jesus. Do you have the right to make them suffer? I heard the cries of suffering in this same cell. And I acted.

You excuse yourself! You excuse yourself! That is the spirit of darkness.

And what would you do for them? Pray? And get what in return? Only more suffering. A suffering only you can end. Not God! I pray too, Rodrigues. It doesn't help. Go on, pray. But pray with your eyes open. You can spare them. They call out for help just as you call to God. He is silent, but you do not have to be.

They should apostatize. Apostatize! God help me. Apostatize! Korobu! Korobu!”


“The man who was once Rodrigues ended as they wanted. And as I first saw him, lost to God. But as to that, indeed, only God can answer."

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Silence quotes

  • Rodrigues: I pray but I am lost. Am I just praying to silence?

  • Inoue: The price for your glory is their suffering!