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Love crowns and crucifies

4 April 2016 By Andrew Leave a Comment

Even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.

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Love never dies a natural death

4 April 2016 By Andrew Leave a Comment

Love never dies of a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source, it dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illnesses and wounds, it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings, but never of natural death.

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Joy will burn out pain

4 April 2016 By Andrew Leave a Comment

Find a place where there’s joy / and the joy will burn out the pain.

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