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> [We write our lives indeed, But in a cipher none can read, Except the author](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-ridley-havergal/we-write-our-lives-indeed-but-in-a-cipher-none-can-read-except-the/)

[Frances Ridley Havergal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-ridley-havergal/)

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## More by Frances Ridley Havergal

> [“Do what Thou wilt! Yes, only do What seemeth good to Thee; Thou art so loving, wise, and true, It must be best for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-ridley-havergal/do-what-thou-wilt-yes-only-do-what-seemeth-good-to-thee-thou-art-so/)

[Frances Ridley Havergal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-ridley-havergal/)

> [Silence is no certain token that no secret grief is there; Sorrow which is never spoken is the heaviest load to bear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-ridley-havergal/silence-is-no-certain-token-that-no-secret-grief-is-there-sorrow/)

[Frances Ridley Havergal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-ridley-havergal/)

> [Love understands love; it needs no talk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-ridley-havergal/love-understands-love-it-needs-no-talk/)

[Frances Ridley Havergal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-ridley-havergal/)

> [We write our lives indeed, But in a cipher none can read, Except the author](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-ridley-havergal/we-write-our-lives-indeed-but-in-a-cipher-none-can-read-except-the/)

[Frances Ridley Havergal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-ridley-havergal/)

> [Faithfulness to principle is only proved by faithfulness in detail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-ridley-havergal/faithfulness-to-principle-is-only-proved-by-faithfulness-in-detail/)

[Frances Ridley Havergal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-ridley-havergal/)

> [“This view of moments seems to make it clearer that it is impossible to serve two masters, for it is evident that the service…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-ridley-havergal/this-view-of-moments-seems-to-make-it-clearer-that-it-is-impossible/)

[Frances Ridley Havergal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-ridley-havergal/)

> [Might we never be the helpers of the great hinderer, Satan! Let us ask that the Lord Jesus would so perfectly tune our spirits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-ridley-havergal/might-we-never-be-the-helpers-of-the-great-hinderer-satan-let-us-ask/)

[Frances Ridley Havergal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-ridley-havergal/)

> [I do - oh, indeed I do - desire to live up to my profession, to be His, for time and eternity. But I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-ridley-havergal/i-do-oh-indeed-i-do-desire-to-live-up-to-my-profession-to-be-his-for/)

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> [Earthly joy can take but a bat-like flight, always checked, always limited, in dusk and darkness. But the love of Christ breaks through the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-ridley-havergal/earthly-joy-can-take-but-a-bat-like-flight-always-checked-always/)

[Frances Ridley Havergal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-ridley-havergal/)

> [Writing is praying with me. You know a child would look up at every sentence and say, 'And what shall I say next?' That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-ridley-havergal/writing-is-praying-with-me-you-know-a-child-would-look-up-at-every/)

[Frances Ridley Havergal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-ridley-havergal/)

> [Teach us, Master, how to give All we have and are to Thee; Grant us, Saviour, while we live, Wholly, only Thine to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-ridley-havergal/teach-us-master-how-to-give-all-we-have-and-are-to-thee-grant-us/)

[Frances Ridley Havergal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-ridley-havergal/)

> [Take my will, and make it Thine, It shall be no longer mine; Take my heart, it is Thine own; It shall be Thy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-ridley-havergal/take-my-will-and-make-it-thine-it-shall-be-no-longer-mine-take-my/)

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> [Oh to be my verse an answering gleam from higher radiance caught](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-ridley-havergal/oh-to-be-my-verse-an-answering-gleam-from-higher-radiance-caught/)

[Frances Ridley Havergal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-ridley-havergal/)

> [Poetry is a second translation of the soul's feeling; it must be rendered into thought, and thought must change its nebulous robe of semi-wording…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-ridley-havergal/poetry-is-a-second-translation-of-the-soul-s-feeling-it-must-be/)

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> [No life can be dreary when work is delight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-ridley-havergal/no-life-can-be-dreary-when-work-is-delight/)

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