"Light was first Through the Lord's word Named day: Beauteous, bright creation!"

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Source : Cædmon (1832). “Cædmon's metrical paraphrase of parts of the holy Scriptures, in Anglo-Sax., with an Engl. tr., notes and index by B. Thorpe”, p.8

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#Light Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Creation Quotes

“I am very interested in loyalty, even if the person to whom one is loyal is flawed, criminal, or otherwise in the wrong.”

Source : A.M. Homes (2012). “May We Be Forgiven”, p.199, Granta Books
“The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness. The remarkable thing is that the cessation of the inner dialogue marks also the end of our concern with the world around us. It is as if we noted the world and think about it only when we have to report it to ourselves.”
“I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.”
“When the legs go, the heart soon follows”
“Our greatest weakness is lack of self-confidence.”
“God is so big He can cover the whole world with His love, and so small He can curl up inside your heart.”

Source : June Masters Bacher (1979). “Quiet Moments for Women: A Daily Devotional”, Harvest House Pub
“. . .little has changed in our New York neighborhoods except the faces, the names, and the languages spoken. The same decent values of hard work and accomplishment and service to city and nation still exist.”
“Do not abandon trust when your ego thinks things should be different than they are.”

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