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“If God has called you, do not spend time looking over your shoulder to see who is following you.”

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Dutch Christian missionary and author, known for her role in helping Jews escape Nazi persecution during World War II. Corrie Ten Boom is renowned for her book 'The Hiding Place', which tells her own story and faith. more

“I cannot say, and I will not say That he is dead. He is just away. With a cheery smile, and a wave of the hand, He has wandered into an unknown land And left us dreaming how very fair It needs must be, since he lingers there. And you - oh you, who the wildest yearn For an old-time step, and the glad return, Think of him faring on, as dear In the love of There as the love of Here. Think of him still as the same. I say, He is not dead - he is just away.”

Thinking Needs Stills Dream Hands Death Left Steps Land Return Husband Fairs Dear Wave Glad Old Time

Book:The Best of James Whitcomb Riley

Source: The Best of James Whitcomb Riley

“I have been alone since my husband died. I stay in my home. I don't date. It's hard to date when you're at home. Nobody knows you.”

Knows Has Beens Hard Home Death Husband Died My Husband Nobody Knows

Author:Anna Nicole Smith

“Of the widow's countless death-duties there is really just one that matters: on the first anniversary of her husband's death the widow should think I kept myself alive.”

Thinking Should Firsts Matter Death Alive Duty Husband Just One Widows First Anniversary

Author:Joyce Carol Oates

“Get thee a good husband, and use him as he uses thee.”

Use Marriage Husband Thee Good Husband

Author:William Shakespeare

“If men could be contented to be what they are, there were no fear in marriage.”

Ifs Men Marriage No Fear

Book:The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare

Source: The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare

“The fittest time to corrupt a man's wife is when she's fallen out with her husband.”

Men Marriage Wife Husband Fallen

Book:Coriolanus

Source: Coriolanus

“With mirth in funeral and with dirge in marriage.”

Marriage Funeral Mirth

Author:William Shakespeare

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