“Son," his father said. "Run faithfully to the end, and like all good men, you will die of having lived.”
― The Drowned Vault
― The Drowned Vault
“Do not fear the shadowy places. You will never be the first one there. Another went ahead and down until He came out the other side.”
― Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World
― Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World
“To love is to be selfless. To be selfless is to be fearless. To be fearless is to strip enemies of their greatest weapon. Even if they break our bodies and drain our blood, we are unvanquished. Our goal was never to live; our goal is to love. It is the goal of all noble men and women. Give all that can be given. Give even your live itself.”
― Empire of Bones
― Empire of Bones
“Duty impresses a structured hierarchy onto our lives. Duty never says, “You be you,” or “Go ahead and do what makes you happy.” Duty says, “This is who you are; do what is required.”
― The Household and the War for the Cosmos: Recovering a Christian Vision for the Family
― The Household and the War for the Cosmos: Recovering a Christian Vision for the Family
“Cowards live for the sake of living, but for heroes, life is a weapon, a thing to be spent, a gift to be given to the weak and the lost and the weary, even to the foolish and the cowardly.”
― Empire of Bones
― Empire of Bones
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