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“My God and My All I beseech thee, O Lord,
that the fiery and sweet strength of
thy love may absorb my soul
from all things that are under heaven,
that I may die for love
of thy love as thou didst deign to die
for love of my love. WRITINGS OF SAINT FRANCIS”
― My God and My All: The Life of Saint Francis of Assisi
that the fiery and sweet strength of
thy love may absorb my soul
from all things that are under heaven,
that I may die for love
of thy love as thou didst deign to die
for love of my love. WRITINGS OF SAINT FRANCIS”
― My God and My All: The Life of Saint Francis of Assisi
“The sun was faithful again that morning, rising above the farm with a shine so fresh it tasted like gazpacho.”
― Straw House
― Straw House
“He opened his shirt and lowered his trousers.
'Bring the light over!' he ordered.
I held the lamp close to the thin, tanned body. What with deep scars, bullet and sword marks, his body was like a collander.
'Now look at the other side!'
He turned round and showed me his back.
'Not a scratch on the back, you see. Do you understand? Now take the lamp back.”
― Zorba the Greek
'Bring the light over!' he ordered.
I held the lamp close to the thin, tanned body. What with deep scars, bullet and sword marks, his body was like a collander.
'Now look at the other side!'
He turned round and showed me his back.
'Not a scratch on the back, you see. Do you understand? Now take the lamp back.”
― Zorba the Greek
“Different souls take their nourishment in different vessels.”
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“It was when I was happiest that I longed most. It was on happy days when we were up there on the hills, the three of us, with the wind and the sunshine . . . where you couldn’t see Glome or the palace. Do you remember? The colour and the smell, and looking across at the Grey Mountain in the distance? And because it was so beautiful, it set me longing, always longing. Somewhere else there must be more of it.”
― Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
― Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
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