Jane

“[All things] are little loves through which we attain to the great Love that is Christ. Flowers, for example, have their own grace: they teach us of the love of God. They scatter their fragrance and their beauty on sinners and on the righteous. (p. 218)”
― Elder Porphyrios, Wounded by Love

“What can I do with my happiness? How can I keep it, conceal it, bury it where I may never lose it? I want to kneel as it falls over me like rain, gather it up with lace and silk, and press it over myself again.”
― Anais Nin, Henry & June

“Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.”
― Simone Weil, Gravity and Grace

“Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment