Desire Quote by Donald Miller

“I have sometimes wondered if the greatest desire of man is to be known and loved anyway.” quote by Donald Miller — Download Open image

“I have sometimes wondered if the greatest desire of man is to be known and loved anyway.”

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He caught her, she fell, he caught her in his arms, he held her tightly unconscious of what he was doing. He held her up, though tottering himself. He felt as if his head were filled with smoke; flashes of light slipped through his eyelids; his thoughts vanished; it seemed to him that he was performing a religious act, and…

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