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The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing — to reach the Mountain, to find the place where all… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
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Space is still filled with the noise of destruction and annihilation, the shouts of self-assurance and arrogance, the weeping of despair and… — Alfred Delp Copy Share Image
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Do you think it all meant nothing, all the longing? The longing for home? For indeed it now feels not like going,… — CS Lewis Copy Share Image
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When we are passionately in love with our Prince, we put Him above all else--not just in theory, but also practically, in… — Leslie Ludy Copy Share Image
The only education in grief that any of us ever gets is a crash course. Until Caroline had died I had belonged… — Gail Caldwell Copy Share Image
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Ray, people will come Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway not knowing… — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
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