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You will say that these are very small sins; and doubtless, like all young tempters, you are anxious to be able to report spectacular wickedness. But ...more

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Because she is in God’s hands.’ But if so, she was in God’s hands all the time, and I have seen what they did to her here. Do they suddenly become gen...more

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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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Tonight all the hells of young grief have opened again; the mad words, the bitter resentment, the fluttering in the stomach, the nightmare unreality, ...more

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Hell begins with a grumbling mood, always complaining, always blaming others... but you are still distinct from it. You may even criticize it in yours...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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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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I think I am beginning to understand why grief feels like suspense. It comes from the frustration of so many impulses that had become habitual. Though...more

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Sometimes it is hard not to say, 'God forgive God.' Sometimes it is hard to say so much. But if our faith is true, He didn't. He crucified Him.

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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.