Ana

“Bluntly put, a chaplain is the minister of the Prince of Peace serving in the host of the God of War—Mars. As such, he is as incongruous as a musket would be on the altar at Christmas. Why, then, is he there? Because he indirectly subserves the purpose attested by the cannon; because too he lends the sanction of the religion of the meek to that which practically is the abrogation of everything but brute Force. 25”
― Herman Melville, Billy Budd, Bartleby, and Other Stories

“The eyes caress more sweetly than the lips.”
― Auguste Angellier

“Paris. Paris. There is something silken and elegant about that word, something carefree, something made for a dance, something brilliant and festive, like champagne. Everything there is beautiful, gay, and a little drunk, and festooned with lace.”
― Nina Berberova, The Tattered Cloak and Other Stories

“The most beautiful thing is not when you learn to live
without something; it’s the moment you realize you never
needed it in the first place.”
― Lang Leav, Love Looks Pretty on You