If someone asks you how you are, you are meant to say FINE. You are not meant to say that you cried yourself to sleep last night because you hadn’t spoken to another person for two consecutive days. FINE is what you say.
“All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.”
― The Three Musketeers
― The Three Musketeers
“All God asks of you is good will. From the top of the ladder He looks lovingly upon you, and soon, touched by your fruitless efforts, He will Himself come down, and, taking you in His Arms, will carry you to His Kingdom never again to leave Him. But should you cease to raise your foot, you will be left for long on the earth.”
― Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux
― Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux
“The end of suffering does not justify the suffering, and so there is no end to suffering,”
― Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
“I said before, that I have learnt much by guiding others. In the first place I see that all souls have more or less the same battles to fight, and on the other hand, that one soul differs widely from another, so each must be dealt with differently.”
― Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux
― Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux
“In all her intercourse with society, however, there was nothing that made her feel as if she belonged to it... She stood apart from mortal interests, yet close beside them, like a ghost that revisits the familiar fireside, and can no longer make itself seen or felt.”
― The Scarlet Letter
― The Scarlet Letter
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