Quote #22
Find Sister Caroline... And she's tired- She's weary- Go down, Death, and bring her to me.
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- Young man-Young man-Your arm's too short to box with God.
- With his head in his hands, God thought and thought, Till he thought: I'll make me a man!
- And God smiled again, And the rainbow appeared, And curled itself around his shoulder.
- So God stepped over to the edge of the world And He spat out the seven seas; He batted His eyes, and the lightnings flashed; He clapped His…
- And God stepped out on space, And He looked around and said, 'I'm lonely- I'll make me a world.'
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