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Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.
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For your great loving kindness reaches to the heavens, and your truth to the skies.
103
My heart is steadfast, God. My heart is steadfast. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises.
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God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
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For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.
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My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.
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The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.
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rejoicing in hope, enduring in troubles, continuing steadfastly in prayer,
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If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.
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Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
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Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be
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Come back, before I am grown into a very old man, so as you shall hardly know me.
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Chide me when I do anything that is not well, but then make haste to tell me that you have forgiven me, and that you are what I shall ever be, a faithful friend.
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If you love me you will; and if you do not, I shall never love myself.
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Love is a terrible word, and I should blush to death if anything but a letter accused me on't.
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Love at its highest point--love sublime, unique, invincible--leads us straight to the brink of the great abyss, for it speaks to us directly of the infinite and of eternity.
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do not hope to excite love except by love
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As life wears on the love of husband or wife, of friends and of children, becomes the great solace and delight of age.
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Even if we are alone, we store up our enjoyment in hope of sharing it hereafter with those we love.
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Love is the light and sunshine of life.
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Love lasts through life, and adapts itself to every age and circumstance; in childhood for father and mother, in manhood for wife, in age for children, and throughout for brothers and sisters, relations and friends.
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Most of those who have written in praise of books have thought they could say nothing more conclusive than to compare them to friends.
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Some people never seem to appreciate their friends till they have lost them.
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We love the ticking of the clock, and the flicker of the fire, like the sound of the cawing of rooks, not so much for any beauty of their own as for their associations.
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Half surprised by the novelty of these sensations, I allowed myself to be borne away by them, and forgetting my solitude and deformity, dared to be happy.