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title: "4 Sent Father Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“The day before the Queen's Ball, Father had a visitor--a very young girl with literary aspirations, someone Lord Lytton had recommended visit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-simmons/the-day-before-the-queen-s-ball-father-had-a-visitor-a-very-young/)

[Dan Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-simmons/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a8/dan-simmons-968_age_the-day-before-the-queen-s-ball-father-h_131227.jpg)

> [We were not sent by Father in Heaven just to be born. We were sent to endure and return to Him with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-d-hales/we-were-not-sent-by-father-in-heaven-just-to-be-born-we-were-sent-to/)

[Robert D. Hales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-d-hales/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2a/robert-d-hales-5999_born_we-were-not-sent-by-father-in-heaven-jus_391261.png)

> [I sent my father to Mecca for Hajj with my first paycheck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mamadou-sakho/i-sent-my-father-to-mecca-for-hajj-with-my-first-paycheck/)

[Mamadou Sakho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mamadou-sakho/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/645/mamadou-sakho-88459_father_i-sent-my-father-to-mecca-for-hajj-with_688816.jpg)

> [“Because the man who stood there before us was not our father. He was somebody else, a stranger who had been sent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-otsuka/because-the-man-who-stood-there-before-us-was-not-our-father-he-was/)

[Julie Otsuka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-otsuka/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cb/julie-otsuka-13846_every-day_because-the-man-who-stood-there-before-u_805105.jpg)

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