"Think of your child, then, not as dead, but as living; not as a flower that has withered, but as one that is transplanted, and touched by a Divine hand, is blooming in richer colors and sweeter shades than those of earth."

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Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 52, 1895.

Richard Hooker

#Children Quotes #Grief Quotes #Flower Quotes

“A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves”

Source : Ralph Washington Sockman (1958). “Mans̓ First Love: The Great Commandment”
“How often is immense sadness mistaken for courage?”
“Curiosity is an enormous challenge to godly living.”
“Although wrongs have been done to me, I live in hopes. I have not got two hearts....Now we are together again to make peace. My shame is as big as the earth, although I will do what my friends have advised me to do. I once thought that I was the only man that persevered to be the friend of the white man, but since they have come and cleaned out our lodges, horses and everything else, it is hard for me to believe the white men any more.”
“I'm learning simplicity and how to wear my body. I'm enjoying life and trying to be the best me.”
“I was probably a terrible husband, but I pride myself on being a good dad.”
“Play as well as you can all the time, and if you're truthful to your thing, you'll succeed.”
“Stop living a day at a time and stop worrying about age.”

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