“When you get back home, David, don’t be too quick to say you were wrong. ‘The Lord moves in mysterious ways His wonders to perform.’ It’s just possible this is all part of a plan you can’t see from where you’re standing. I have always
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“My idea of good company, Mr Elliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company."
"You are mistaken," said he gently, "that is not good company; that is the best. Good company requires only birth, education, and manners,”
― Persuasion
"You are mistaken," said he gently, "that is not good company; that is the best. Good company requires only birth, education, and manners,”
― Persuasion
“Well, said Anne, 'I certainly am proud, too proud to enjoy a welcome which depends so entirely upon place.”
― Persuasion
― Persuasion
“But you'll get it back-you'll get it all back, with your face...”
― The House of Mirth
― The House of Mirth
“Should it be ours to drain the cup of grieving, even to the dregs of pain, at thy command, we will not falter, thankfully receiving all that is given by thy loving hand. While all the powers of Good aid and attend us, boldly we’ll face the future, be what it may. At even, and at morn, God will befriend us, and oh, most surely on each new year’s day!6”
― The Joy of Encouragement: Unlock the Power of Building Others Up
― The Joy of Encouragement: Unlock the Power of Building Others Up
“No amount of love can cure madness or unblacken one's dark moods. Love can help, it can make the pain more tolerable, but, always, one is beholden to medication that may or may not always work and may or may not be bearable”
― An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
― An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
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