“Mercy is mercy.”— Lailah Gifty Akita Related Quotes “But she stopped herself. That wouldn’t make it right. You didn’t forgive because it was the only choice you thought you had. That didn’t make it forgiveness, that made it desperation. She’d always been too desperate about Jake. Always.”— Sarah Addison Allen “‘Ida’ is about humanity, about guilt and forgiveness. It’s not a film that deals with an issue as such. It’s more universal.”— Pawel Pawlikowski “Ye are fallen from grace.”— Galatians