'You want to know the only thing my brother ever had to teach me?' His voice was hitching and thick with tears. 'Yes,' the gunslinger said. He leaned forward, his eyes intent upon Eddie's eyes. 'He taught me if you kill what you love, you're damned.' 'I am damned already,' Roland said calmly. 'But perhaps even the damned may be saved.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A gunslinger warns that killing what you love leads to damnation, though salvation remains possible even for the damned.
- In plain terms
- Betraying love causes spiritual harm.
- What can you take from it?
- Loving is a risk of spiritual loss.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can you be saved after a mistake?
- What have you sacrificed?
Another view
The concept of damnation is faith-based.
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