The Kiss

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  “Ryabovitch pulled the bed-clothes over his head, curled himself up in bed, and tried to gather together the floating images in his mind and to combine them into one whole. But nothing came of it. He soon fell asleep, and his last thought was that someone had caressed him and made him happy—that something extraordinary, foolish, but joyful and delightful, had come into his life. The thought did not leave him even in his sleep. When he woke up the sensations of oil on his neck and the chill of peppermint about his lips had gone, but joy flooded his heart just as the day before.” The Kiss By Anton Chekhov (1860–1904)

Sleeping in Church

Apparently while preaching one day John Wesley was alarmed to discover several members of his congregation had fallen asleep.

"Fire! Fire!" Wesley suddenly cried whereupon the guilty parishioners jumped with alarm.

"Where?" They demanded glancing around.

"In Hell" Wesley replied, "For those who sleep under the preaching of God's Word."

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