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title: "3 Robert Benson Quotes"
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# Robert Benson

 **3** quotes in **2** categories

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##  Quotes by Robert Benson

> [“Sometimes I wish that I could sing or dance or paint or compose symphonies or build cathedrals to express somehow what all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benson/sometimes-i-wish-that-i-could-sing-or-dance-or-paint-or-compose/)

Robert Benson

[Wish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wish/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/robert-benson-87396_wish_sometimes-i-wish-that-i-could-sing-or-da_564216.jpg)

> [“A four year old girl was overheard whispering in her newborn baby brother's ear: "Baby," she whispers, "tell me what God sounds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benson/a-four-year-old-girl-was-overheard-whispering-in-her-newborn-baby/)

Robert Benson

[Dreams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dreams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/635/robert-benson-87396_dreams_a-four-year-old-girl-was-overheard-whisp_929613.jpg)

> [“How do we come to choose what it is that we spend our days doing? Would we choose it again if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benson/how-do-we-come-to-choose-what-it-is-that-we-spend-our-days-doing/)

Robert Benson

[Choice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choice/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/513/robert-benson-87396_choice_how-do-we-come-to-choose-what-it-is-that_3071394.jpg)

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