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Letter "P" » prayers
«Was it for this I uttered prayers, And sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs, That now, domestic as a plate, I should retire at half-past eight? Edna St»
Author: Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Keywords:
AT ST,
cursed,
domestic,
domestics,
Edna,
eight,
kicked,
plate,
prayers,
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sob,
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stairs,
uttered
«The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world»
«The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.»
«What seem our worst prayers may really be, in God's eyes, our best. Those, I mean, which are least supported by devotional feeling. For these may come from a deeper level than feeling. God sometimes seems to speak to us most intimately when he catches us, as it were, off our guard.»
Author: C.S. Lewis
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Novelist,
Scholar)
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Keywords:
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Good Feeling,
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most,
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off guard,
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on your guard,
prayers,
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seem,
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sometimes,
speak,
supported,
these,
The Catch,
the very worst,
those,
U.S.,
us,
were,
worst
«When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(
Critic,
Dramatist,
Novelist,
Poet)
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About:
gods,
Prayer,
Punishment
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Keywords:
answer,
Both of Us,
Come With Us,
gods,
prayers,
punish,
they,
the gods,
U.S.,
us,
when,
wish,
wish well