"Death's power is limited -- It cannot eradicate memories Or slay love It cannot destroy even a threadbare faith Or permanently hobble the smallest hope in God It cannot permeate the soul And it cannot cripple the spirit It merely separates us for a while That is the only power death can claim --No more"

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Source : Donna VanLiere (2008). “The Christmas Shoes”, p.121, Macmillan

Donna VanLiere

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“Prayer, in many ways, is the supreme expression of our faith in God.”
“You cannot be known Better than I know you.”
“You know, businesses hate uncertainty more than anything else.”

Source : "After Voting For Brexit, Wales Weighs In On EU Business Uncertainty". "Weekend Edition Sunday" with Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. June 26, 2016.
“I don't come from money or an educated family background or any sort of supportive family life, so all of my choices are made on my own.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Feelings of longing seemed to burst from her heart; they ran in all directions, like streams of blood, seeking out paths to all the places in the wide landscape where she had lived, to all her sons roaming through the world, to all her dead lying under the earth.”
“Certainly, you're not going to able to go and pull a Mark Mulder out of your hat somewhere.”
“You're not pretty, and you'll never be pretty. But, it doesn't matter. You have something much better. You have style.”

Source : "Fashion icon celebrated in final film by Albert Maysles" by Edward Helmore, www.theguardian.com. March 7, 2015.
“She had a strange feeling in the pit of her stomach, like when you're swimming and you want to put your feet down on something solid, but the water's deeper than you think and there's nothing there”

Source : Julia Gregson (2010). “East of the Sun”, p.198, Hachette UK

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