"The more wild and incredible your desire, the more willing and prompt God is in fulfilling it, if you will have it so."

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Source : Coventry Patmore (2016). “The Rod, the Root and the Flower”, p.13, Lulu.com

Coventry Patmore

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“Conflict is part of being a foreign correspondent; spending long hours talking to politicians in capitals is another part of it.”
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“Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center.”
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