There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes.
C. S. LEWISLove is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.
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The death of a beloved is an amputation.
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I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.
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Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything.
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God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons that we could learn in no other way.
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Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.
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Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.
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We all agree that forgiveness is a beautiful idea until we have to practice it.
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Love as distinct from “being in love” is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit.
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If you love deeply, you’re going to get hurt badly. But it’s still worth it.
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You can make anything by writing.
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Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.
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God gives His gifts where He finds the vessel empty enough to receive them.
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The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say My tooth is aching than to say “My heart is broken.
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Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny.
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To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken.
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