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"Men felt a chill in their hearts; a damp in their minds. In a desperate effort to snuggle their feelings into some sort of warmth,one subterfuge was tried after anothersentences swelled, adjectives multiplied, lyrics became epics."
"When the body escaped mutilation, seldom did the heart go to the grave unscarred."
"and then he could not see her come into a room without a sense of the flowing of robes, of the flowering of blossoms, of the purple waves of the sea, of all things that are lovely and mutable on the surface but still and passionate in their heart."
"My heart was a hysterical unreliable organ."
"The dreams of golden glory in the future will not come true unless, high of heart and strong of hand, by our own mighty deeds we make them come true."
"What sad faces one always sees in the asylums for orphans! It is more fatal to neglect the heart than the head."
"Ever tell me of a humble heart where I see a stubborn knee."
"Only self-hatred could lead him to ruin himself because his heart was "broken."
"Feel it in thy heart and then say whether it is of God!"
"Let me rest in Your will and be silent. Then the light of Your joy will warm my life. Its fire will burn in my heart and shine for Your glory. This is what I live for. Amen, amen."
"For if I am to love truly and freely, I must be able to give something that is truly my own to another. If my heart does not first belong to me, how can I give it to another?"
"The desire to kill is like the desire to attack another with an ingot of red -hot iron: I have to pick up the incandescent metal and burn my own hand while burning the other. Hate itself is the seed of death in my own heart, while it seeks the death of the other."
"Spread abroad the name of Jesus in humility and with a meek heart; show him your feebleness, and he will become your strength."
"It is not merely our own desire but the desire of Christ in His Spirit that drives us to grow in love. Those who seldom or never feel in their hearts the desire for the love of God and other men, and who do not thirst for the pure waters of desire which are poured out in us by the strong, living God, are usually those who have drunk from other rivers or have dug for themselves broken cisterns."
"love isn't about living in fear. It's not about controlling the hearts of those around you. It is patient and kind. It endures and believes the very best. It never gives up."
"Sticks and stones may break me, but the words you said just tore my heart in two."
"My heart is definitely here, and there's no place like home."
"Of many magics, one is watching a beloved sleep: free of eyes and awareness, you for a sweet moment hold the heart of him; helpless, he is then all, and however irrationally, you have trusted him to be, man-pure, child-tender."
"Jesus' purpose is not to warm our hearts but to shatter our categories."
"All forms of love are necessary, and none are to be ignored, but all of us find some forms of love to be more emotionally valuable to us. They are a currency that we find particularly precious, a language that delivers the message of love to our hearts with the most power. Some types of love are more thrilling and fulfilling to us when we receive them."
