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1 " I believe in some blending of hope and sunshine sweetening the worst lots. I believe that this life is not all "
2 " Romance is the sweetening of the soulWith fragrance offered by the stricken heart. "
― Wole Soyinka , The Lion and the Jewel
3 " It was the nature of his profession that his experience with death should be greater than for most and he said that while it was true that time heals bereavement it does so only at the cost of the slow extinction of those loved ones from the heart's memory which is the sole place of their abode then or now. Faces fade, voices dim. Seize them back, whispered the sepulturero. Speak with them. Call their names. Do this and do not let sorrow die for it is the sweetening of every gift. "
― Cormac McCarthy , The Crossing (The Border Trilogy, #2)
4 " Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever. "
― Richelle E. Goodrich , Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, and Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
