Blessing Quote by Elizabeth Gaskell

That his prayer was nothing else but a sense of the presence of GOD, his soul being at that time insensible to everything but…

— Brother Lawrence

“At night too, she puzzled the mystery of her desperate need of kindness. As other girls prayed for handsomeness in a lover, or for…

— Anaïs Nin

“His Nana's prayers were moving toward his mother like little butterflies of thoughts wrapped in the most beautiful colors. Each prayer looked like a…

— H. L. Balcomb

What she felt was a lighthearted sort of compassion, almost like laughter. A swish of tender hilarity, getting the better of all her sores…

— Alice Munro

She made him think of his mother, of his nurse, of all things kind and comforting, besides having the attraction of not being his…

— Elizabeth von Arnim

This was one of the greatest test of his faith he had ever experienced. The thought of deceiving the kind and faithful wife of…

— Orson F. Whitney

“He knew his words could not convey the impossible love he felt for her, so he held her stare and hoped (prayed!) she would…

— Scott Stabile

“And now, when Mother called to wake me up for the New Year, I first wanted to pray, but it turned into thanks, darling,…

— Diet Eman

“Bless those people, for they are a part of my faith’s firmness. Bless the stories my foster mother read to me, the stories of…

— Lauren Slater

“Good and bad, he was taken for granted; she was much more lenient to him than to any of the children. She welcomed the…

— Kathleen Thompson Norris

“He stilled for a moment, savoring the sensation of being buried deep inside her, of filling her, of being joined together in God’s heavenly…

— Monica McCarty

At that time, he was satisfying a sensual curiosity by experiencing the pleasures of people who live for love. He had believed he could…

— Marcel Proust