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Quotation from Christ Legends by Selma Lagerlöf

“Even if I am little and weak, I can still do something for this poor tortured one,”

Selma Lagerlöf (spoken by Robin Redbreast)

Christ Legends, Robin Redbreast, trans. Velma Swanston Howard (1908)

Portrait of Selma Lagerlöf

The shy bird gathers courage to fly to the cross and pull a thorn from the sufferer's brow.

Citation: "Even if I am little and weak, I can still do something for this poor tortured one," — Selma Lagerlöf, Christ Legends, Robin Redbreast, trans. Velma Swanston Howard (1908). (id christ-legends-q7)

Portrait: Atelje Jaeger - Selma Lagerlöf 1928, Atelier Jaeger, Public domain.

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