Whatever a man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself to this: Great God, grant that twice two be not four.

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“First love is like a revolution; the uniformly regular routine of ordered life …”

“Youth eats all the sugared fancy cakes and regards them as its daily bread. But…”