Then suddenly Laura, reckless of her wedding finery, forgetful of trivialities, crossed the room and knelt down at the side of the bed. Her head in her folded arms, she prayed--prayed in the little unstudied words of her childhood, prayed that God would take care of her and make her a good girl; prayed that she might be happy; prayed to God to help her in the new life, and that she should be a good and loyal wife.英文原著 · 《The Pit》
The true Christian will, as Job again says, pray in secret till God slays him. He will pray in his dreams; he will pray till death; he will pray after he is dead. Are you in earnest, then, not to be any more a hypocrite and to know the infallible marks of such? Ask the key of your closet door. Ask the chair at your bedside. Ask the watchman what you were doing and why your light was in so long. Ask the birds of the air and the beasts of the field and the crows on the ploughed lands after your solitary walk.英文原著 · 《Bunyan Characters-1》
ARBUTHNOT. So she comes first, you are worthy. And when you are away, Gerald . with . her - oh, think of me sometimes. Don't forget me. And when you pray, pray for me. We should pray when we are happiest, and you will be happy, Gerald.英文原著 · 《A Woman of No Importance》
"No, no. Forgive me, Harrington. It is your opposition that drives me wild. Oh, have pity on me! I shall go mad if I stay here. Do, pray, pray, pray let me go to Aunt Maitland!"英文原著 · 《A Woman-Hater》
and tell the priest (lift me higher, lift me till I am on my knees)--if your father was alive, he'd murder me; but tell the priest--because of my guilty soul--to pray, and--remember the Merchant's Table--to bury, and to pray--to pray always for--"英文原著 · 《AFTER DARK》
"It was quite good--the matter of it," Joan told her. "All Roads lead to Calvary. The idea is that there comes a time to all of us when we have to choose. Whether, like your friend Carlyle, we will 'give up things' for our faith's sake. Or go for the carriage and pair."
Mary Stopperton laughed. "He is quite right, dear," she said. "It does seem to come, and it is so hard. You have to pray and pray and pray.英文原著 · 《All Roads Lead to Calvary》
That reminds me of a prayer I said every night as a kid: "And now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, and if I die before I wake, I pray that all my toys should break.".美剧 · 《Billions》
No, I... I pray, to the extent that I pray, that these decisions never need be made.美剧 · 《Billions》
To hesitate is to waste time, which is a sin when time could be elsewise spent in prayer, or handwashing Monsignor Toscani's 1962 Alfa Romeo, which is itself a form of prayer, is it not?美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》
there is a prayer intended to give strength to people faced with circumstances they don't want to accept. the power of the prayer comes from its insight into human nature... we ask god to grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change... because so many of us rage against the hand that美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》
And someone says, "Well you know, I did pray the other day," and someone says, "Well you know, I did pray the other day,"演讲 · 《Atheism 2.0 ~ Alain de Botton》
Tonight, as I prayed for the souls of those who've died so terribly yet so bravely I admit that I also prayed for personal glory电影 · 《Legends Of The Fall (1994)》