Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Moral Thoughts and Reflections
“She may very well pass for forty three
In the dusk with the light behind her.”
Trial by Jury (1875)
As quoted in Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light (2007) http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=189 by Brian Kolodiejchuk <!-- *If I ever become a saint, I will surely be one of 'darkness'. I will be absent from heaven for those in darkness on earth.
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2000s
“The life you save may very well be your own.”
“If I exorcise my devils, well, my angels may leave too.”
"Please Call Me, Baby", The Heart of Saturday Night (1974).
“A working knowledge of the devil can be very well had from resisting him.”
Source: The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor
Song lyrics, Slow Train Coming (1979), Gotta Serve Somebody
Variant: It may be the Devil or it may be the Lord, but you're gonna have to serve somebody.
“A condition which of declension would indicate a devil, may of growth indicate a saint.”
The Consuming Fire
Unspoken Sermons, First Series (1867)
Manmadin, The Indian Cupid. Floating down the Ganges from The London Literary Gazette (14th December 1822) Fragments in Rhyme VII
The Improvisatrice (1824)
