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But the acclaim also felt like part of the performance itself, the best part, and the most pure expression of what I was trying to do, which was to make myself into this kind of person: someone worthy of praise, worthy of love.
“If we suffer deeply, he says, there is no explanation, no reason, no answer that can ease our heart-break. "The only comfort that can do anything-- and probably the most it can do is help you endure, or if you cannot endure to fail and fold without wholly hating yourself-- is the comfort of feeling yourself loved.”
― Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
― Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
“Just as our pupils dilate to let in more light, prayer adjusts our eyes to see God in the darkness.”
― Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
― Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
“We give those we love nicknames, because love requires a word that belongs to us alone.”
― Anxious People
― Anxious People
“Prayer expands our imagination about the nature of reality.”
― Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
― Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
“Belief isn't a feeling inside of us, but a reality
outside of us into which we enter, and when we find our faith faltering, sometimes all we can do is fall on the faith of the saints.”
― Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
outside of us into which we enter, and when we find our faith faltering, sometimes all we can do is fall on the faith of the saints.”
― Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
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