“When John O’Malley was a Jesuit novice, an older priest told him three things to remember when living in community: First, you’re not God. Second, this isn’t heaven. Third, don’t be an ass.”
― The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life
― The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life
“Mothers got a hard road to travel, believe me.”
― A Confederacy of Dunces
― A Confederacy of Dunces
“Oh, Fortuna, blind, heedless goddess, I am strapped to your wheel,' Ignatius belched, 'Do not crush me beneath your spokes. Raise me on high, divinity.”
― A Confederacy of Dunces
― A Confederacy of Dunces
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