Elizabeth Barrett Browning

God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame. ↗

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes. ↗

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Who so loves believes the impossible. ↗

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction. ↗

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long. ↗

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. ↗

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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An ignorance of means may minister to greatness, but an ignorance of aims make it impossible to be great at all. ↗

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in it. ↗

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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How many desolate creatures on the earth have learnt the simple dues of fellowship and social comfort, in a hospital. ↗

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Light tomorrow with today! ↗

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

#today #tomorrow