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 Hafez
What does life give me in the end but sorrow? What do love's good and evil send but sorrow? I've only seen one true companion - pain, And I have known no faithful friend but sorrow.
And still, after all this time, The sun never says to the earth, " You owe Me."Look what happens with A love like that, It lights the Whole Sky.
Be content with what thou hast received and smooth thy frowning forehead.
In time of trouble avert not thy face from hope for the soft marrow abi-deth in the hard bone.
Send a bouquet of your face with the morning breeze.
