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1 " In Gethsemane the holiest of all petitioners prayed three times that a certain cup might pass from Him. It did not. "
― C.S. Lewis , The World's Last Night: And Other Essays
2 " We can get you a throne with snakes. I’ll stand next to you and roar at anybody who fails to grovel. Fear Kate Daniels. She is a mighty and terrible ruler. Grendel can anoint the petitioners with his vomit. It’ll be great . . . "
― Ilona Andrews , Magic Breaks (Kate Daniels, #7)
3 " In Gethsemane the holiest of all petitioners prayed three times that a certain cup might pass from Him. It did not. After that the idea that prayer is recommended to us as a sort of infallible gimmick may be dismissed. "
4 " Women, we might as well be dogs baying the moon as petitioners without the right to vote! "
