"Talk about the joys of the unexpected, can they compare with the joys of the expected, of finding everything delightfully and completely what you knew it was going to be?"

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Source : Elizabeth Bibesco (1951). “Haven: Short Stories, Poems, and Aphorisms”

Elizabeth Bibesco

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“We are far more than our bodies and personalities. The inner spirit is always beautiful and lovable, no matter how our outer appearances may change.”
“We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.”
“Sometimes we are given exactly what we need. The precise people that you need the most come stumbling into your life. Sometimes you don't notice, and this is very sad. Sometimes you lose them again. This is sad too, but not as sad. Because what you have once had together you have forever.”

Source : Linda Olsson (2013). “The Memory of Love: A Novel”, p.147, Penguin
“God is so boundlessly pleased with Jesus that in him he is altogether well pleased with us.”
“If you do not get what you want, it is a sure sign that you did not seriously want it.”
“Creep into thy narrow bed, Creep, and let no more be said!”
“There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live.”
“NATO needs to adapt its strategy to meet new challenges”

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