

“The movement in our relationship to God is always from God to us. Always. We can't, through our piety or goodness, move closer to God. God is always coming near to us. Most especially in the Eucharist and in the stranger.”
― Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
― Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint

“Each book is a mind alive, a life revealed, a world awaiting exploration, but living people are all those things, as well—and more, because their stories haven’t yet been completely told.”
― Innocence
― Innocence

“In a word, literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse of my book-friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness. The things I have learned and the things I have been taught seem of ridiculously little importance compared with their "large loves and heavenly charities.”
― The Story of My Life
― The Story of My Life

“tell me
of something fiercer
than the love with which
i gaze upon you
of something softer
than the tenderness
with which i hold you.”
―
of something fiercer
than the love with which
i gaze upon you
of something softer
than the tenderness
with which i hold you.”
―

“Life is sometimes sad and often dull, but there are currants in the cake, and here is one of them.”
― The Pursuit of Love
― The Pursuit of Love
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