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"I await you, loyal servant. In my presence is fullness of joy. At my right hand are pleasures forever more. I am the happiness you have always hungered for, the pleasure you have thirsted after, the peace you have sought in long shadowy nights. The darkness is nearly done. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life."

"Of course I am going to die, Ben Fielding. As are you. The only question is 'Is this the day I die?' If it is, we should both be ready, should we not?"

"Hold on, beloved. It will not always be winter. The spring will come.
The hard ground will thaw, and the sound of it will shake the foundations of the world."

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That day, hope was dashed-and, no matter how painful, it is always good when false hopes are dashed.
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When men know they cannot hope in a country, in a political belief, or in themselves, they become free to hope in God."