Burke Squires

“The essence of a fallen world is that [in marriage] the best cannot be attained by free enjoyment, or by what is called “self-realization” (usually a nice name for self-indulgence . . .), but by denial, by suffering. Faithfulness in Christian marriages entails that: great mortification. For a Christian man, there is no escape. — J. R. R. Tolkien, letter to his son Michael Tolkien”
― Timothy Gordon, Catholic Republic: Why America Will Perish Without Rome