He had no doubt that Merrin had called out to God here in this place while she was been raped and killed, in her heart if not with her voice. God's reply had been that due to the high volume of calls she could expect to be on hold until she was dead.


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The mind flies back with a grand recoil From debts not due till to-morrow.
AARON HILL
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
AARON HILL
She was one of those who by fortune's boon Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon In her m...
AARON HILL
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself, "I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf, But who on e...
AARON HILL
Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot! Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?-- Once taug...
AARON HILL
Look here, he cries (to give him words): Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds! Look here, t...
AARON HILL
Just as the felon condemn'd to die-- With a very natural loathing-- Leaving the sheriff to dre...
AARON HILL
Hundreds of men were turned into beasts, Like the guests at Circe's horrible feasts, By the ma...
AARON HILL
He comes to the world, as a gentleman comes To a lodging ready furnished.
AARON HILL
For man may pious texts repeat, And yet religion have no inward seat.
AARON HILL
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
AARON HILL
Behold him in conceited circles sail, Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff, In all his ...
AARON HILL
At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey, He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, To...
AARON HILL
A name, it has more than nominal worth, And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.
AARON HILL
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word, With no pore piety than other people-- A daw's...
AARON HILL
Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle...
AARON HILL
All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood; if they are not, they are not ...
NAPOLEON HILL
Do it now! can affect every phase of your life. It can help you do the things you should do but don'...
NAPOLEON HILL
Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools ...
NAPOLEON HILL
The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is goin...
NAPOLEON HILL
What, then, of the priest's iconic representation of Christ at the altar? If there is no specificall...
WESLEY HILL
If you reach for the stars, you just might land on a decently sized hill.
STUART HILL
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
NAPOLEON HILL
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been do...
NAPOLEON HILL
Thoughts mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a burning desire are powerful things.
NAPOLEON HILL
One who has loved truly, can never lose entirely. Love is whimsical and temperamental. Its nature is...
NAPOLEON HILL
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
NAPOLEON HILL
There are no limitations to the mind except those that we acknowledge.
NAPOLEON HILL
No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at lea...
NAPOLEON HILL
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.
NAPOLEON HILL
Parents, they're strict on you when you're little, and you don't understand why. But as you get olde...
GRANT HILL
Opportunity often comes in disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.
NAPOLEON HILL
Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
NAPOLEON HILL
The possibilities of creative effort connected with the subconscious mind are stupendous and imponde...
NAPOLEON HILL
Every well built house started in the form of a definite purpose plus a definite plan in the nature ...
NAPOLEON HILL
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete f...
NAPOLEON HILL
Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.
BENNY HILL
Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps so...
NAPOLEON HILL
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power ...
NAPOLEON HILL
The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
NAPOLEON HILL
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
NAPOLEON HILL
The path of least resistance makes all rivers, and some men, crooked.
NAPOLEON HILL
Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and...
NAPOLEON HILL
Cherish your vision and your dreams as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ul...
NAPOLEON HILL