"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, English Poet

God, Answers

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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."

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"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

God, Glory, Man, Sun

"All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring."

Chuck Palahniuk, American Novelist

God,

"When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

God, Gods

"Call on God, but row away from the rocks."

Hunter S. Thompson, American Journalist

God,

"Exceeds man's might: that dwells with the gods above."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

God, Gods, Man

"God and other artists are always a little obscure....."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

God, Obscurity, Mystery, Creativity

"If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

God, People, Attention, Will

"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him."

Voltaire, French Writer

God,

"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it."

Voltaire, French Writer

God, Enemies, Prayer

"I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."

Voltaire, French Writer

God, Enemies, Prayer

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"The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'"

Death

"He said true things, but called them by wrong names."

Truth

"Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all. What then? Who's sorry for a gnat or girl?"

Life

"Suddenly, as rare things will, it vanished."

Will

"World's use is cold, world's love is vain, world's cruelty is bitter bane; but is not the fruit of pain."

Love

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

Life

"But the child's sob curses deeper in the silence than the strong man in his wrath!"

Man

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"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell."

"All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring."

"When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers."

"Call on God, but row away from the rocks."

"Exceeds man's might: that dwells with the gods above."

"God and other artists are always a little obscure....."

"If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him."

"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him."

"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it."

"I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."

Explore more quotes by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'"

"He said true things, but called them by wrong names."

"Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all. What then? Who's sorry for a gnat or girl?"

"Suddenly, as rare things will, it vanished."

"World's use is cold, world's love is vain, world's cruelty is bitter bane; but is not the fruit of pain."

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

"But the child's sob curses deeper in the silence than the strong man in his wrath!"

"If you desire faith, then you have faith enough."

"My sun sets to raise again."

"He lives most life whoever breathes most air."