Quotemeal: May. 14th, 1955

Saturday, May 14, 1955

"A memory of yesterday's pleasures, a fear of tomorrow's dangers, a straw under my knees, a noise in my ear, a light in my eye, an anything, a nothing, a fancy, a chimera in my brain, troubles me in my prayers."
— John Donne

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Illustration of John Donne — "A memory of yesterday's pleasures, a fear of tomorrow's dangers, a straw under my knees, a noise in my ear, a light in my eye, an anything, a nothing, a fancy, a chimera in my brain, troubles me in my prayers."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.