"Because God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame."

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“By thunders of white silence.”

“I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless.”

“Since when was genius found respectable?”

“Thou large-brained woman and large-hearted man.”

“God only, who made us rich, can make us poor.”

“Oh, the little birds sang east, and the little birds sang west.”

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"When I sleep I sleep and do not dream because it is as well that I am what I seem when I am in my bed and dream."

— Gertrude Stein

Literature1874–1946

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"I did not scream or hug anyone. In fact, as the noise gained momentum, I felt its opposite, a draining of excitement. But not a draining of tension - my body was still stiff and alert, and the impulse…"

— Curtis Sittenfeld

Literature1975

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"Unhappy writer, you had dreamt of winning souls and you have won nothing but ears!"

— Léon Bloy

Literature1846–1917

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"Unless we ardently and prayerfully devote ourselves to Christ’s righteousness we do not only faithlessly revolt from our Creator, but we also abjure him as our Savior."

— John Calvin

Religion

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