The telephone bell was ringing wildly, but without result, since there was no-one in the room but the corpse.
Oh death, death, why do you never come to me thus summoned always day by day?
God spoke to you by so many voices but you would not hear.
But when the other end of the line picked up, it was his voicemail that answered, not the man himself. "I know how devastated you must be to miss me," his cheery voice said, "but leave a message, and I'll try to ease your agony as soon as possible.
Often when He comes, He finds the soul occupied. Other guests are there, and He has to turn away. He cannot gain entry, for we love and desire other things; therefore, His gifts, which He is offering to everyone unceasingly, must remain outside.
If the phone doesn't ring, it's me.
What? No one wants my bouquet! Somebody better pick it up! Somebody better pick up my bouquet!
I had Elvis' number in my book and I never called it.
The United States did not keep its promise to help us fight for freedom and it was in the same fight that the United States lost 50,000 of its young men.
