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Weddings & love
Short wedding readings24 passages
Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between…Wedding readings from novels16 passages
What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined for…Quotes for a wedding toast or speech18 passages
Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have…Anniversary quotes & poems15 passages
John Anderson, my jo, John,Love quotes from classic novels15 passages
In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must…Shakespeare love quotes12 passages
Let me not to the marriage of true mindsValentine's Day poems12 passages
The fountains mingle with the riverNon-religious wedding readings17 passages
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Sympathy & remembrance
Sympathy card messages & quotes16 passages
’Tis better to have loved and lostFuneral poems & readings27 passages
Remember me when I am gone away,Short funeral poems22 passages
Under the wide and starry skyQuotes for a eulogy18 passages
But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the…Quotes about grief from books17 passages
Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the…Non-religious funeral poems & readings21 passages
Under the wide and starry skyFuneral poems for a mother17 passages
Remember me when I am gone away,Funeral poems for a father16 passages
Under the wide and starry skyFuneral poems for a grandmother or grandfather16 passages
I strove with none, for none was worth my strife.
Christmas & seasons
Classic Christmas readings16 passages
In the bleak mid-winterChristmas card quotes & poems15 passages
I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.New Year quotes15 passages
Ring out wild bells to the wild sky,Autumn quotes & poems15 passages
I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we…
Celebrations
Short birthday poems for a card15 passages
My heart is like a singing birdFunny birthday quotes from classic writers11 passages
To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up…Christening & naming day readings13 passages
‘I have no name;Short graduation quotes19 passages
I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.Retirement poems13 passages
Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and tho’
Everyday
Short friendship quotes14 passages
A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.Short quotes from classic books27 passages
Each time you happen to me all over again.Quotes about books & reading11 passages
I declare, after all, there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires…Inspirational poems12 passages
OUT of the night that covers me,Funny quotes about work15 passages
I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
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