Twice or thrice had I lov'd thee, Before I knew thy face or name
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John Donne
Masks beneath masks until suddenly the bare bloodless skull.
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Salman Rushdie
Most times, the leader’s ornament isn’t the smiles you see on their faces during the time of victory. It is the sweats we don’t see when they were struggling behind the scenes.
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Israelmore Ayivor
One day we took the children to see a goldsmith refine gold after the ancient manner of the East. He was sitting beside his little charcoal fire. ("He shall sit as a refiner"; the gold- or silversmith never leaves his crucible once it is on...
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Amy Carmichael
This singularity of meaning-- I was my face, I was ugliness--though sometimes unbearable, also offered a possible point of escape. It became the launching pad from which to lift off, the one immediately recognizable place to point to when asked what was wrong with my...
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Lucy Grealy
More Quotes By Bible
Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus" (1 Thess. 5:18).
Be still and know that I am God!
Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
Commit your work to the Lord, and then your plans will succeed.” (Proverbs 16:3).
