"She stood upon a continent of ice, which sparkled between sea and sky, endless and dazzling, as though the world kept all its treasure there; a scale which balanced poetry and prayer."

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Source : Carol Ann Duffy (2009). “Mrs. Scrooge: A Christmas Poem”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

Carol Ann Duffy

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“The growth of trees and plants takes place so slowly that it is not easily seen. Daily we notice little change. But, in course of time, we see that a great change has taken place. So it is with grace. Sanctification is a progressive, lifelong work (Prov 4:18). It is an amazing work of God's grace and it is a work to be prayed for (Rom 8:27).”
“Philosophy became a gloomy science, in the labyrinth of which people vainly tried to find the exit, called The Truth.”
“When you think to take determination of your fate into your own hands, that is the moment you can be crushed. Be cautious.”
“A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man.”
“What was life asking of me? How could I respond when I didn't know the question?”

Source : Ruta Sepetys (2011). “Between Shades of Gray”, p.207, Penguin
“It's exciting when kids look up to you or kids come up to you and ask for your autograph. When grown ups come up to you, that's really not exciting. Why would a grown man be excited for meeting another grown man?”
“You cannot avoid mortality. But you can choose your way of meeting it. And that is the most that any man can hope for.”
“One realized all sorts of things. The value of an illusion, for instance, and that the shadow can be more important than the substance. All sorts of things.”

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