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Joy is the serious business of Heaven.

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This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.

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Fun is closely related to Joy -- a sort of emotional froth arising from the play of instinct.

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When she had first crossed the dry and dusty world which his mind inhabited she had been like a spring shower; in opening himself to it he had not bee...more

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Here the whole world (stars, water, air,And field, and forest, as they wereReflected in a single mind)Like cast off clothes was left behindIn ashes, y...more

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I never heard weeping like that before or after; not from a child, nor a man wounded in the palm, nor a tortured man, nor a girl dragged off to slaver...more

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If you want to get warm you must stand near the fire: if you want to be wet you must get into the water. If you want joy, power, peace, eternal life, ...more

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If you love deeply, you're going to get hurt badly. But it's still worth it.

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All joy... emphasizes our pilgrim status; always reminds, beckons, awakens desire. Our best havings are wantings.

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Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.

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We meet like sovereign princes of independent states, abroad, on neutral ground, freed from our contexts

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What you have made me see,' answered the Lady, 'is as plain as the sky, but I never saw it before. Yet is has happened every day. One goes into the fo...more

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It must be the full confession by Christendom of Christendom's specific contribution to the sum of human cruelty and treachery.

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The nearest thing we have to a defence against [the gods] (but there is no real defence) is to be very wide awake and sober and hard at work, to hear ...more

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The great thing to remember is that though our feelings come and go God's love for us does not.