Jacqueline

“Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, "Do it again"; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, "Do it again" to the sun; and every evening, "Do it again" to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we.”
― G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy

“Go to the theater, to museums, and to concerts as often as possible; it gives you a healthy glow.”
― Anne Berest, Audrey Diwan, Caroline de Maigret, Sophie Mas, How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are: Love, Style, and Bad Habits

“Brit Barron asks, “Is my life a reflection of who I want to be or a reaction to people I don’t want to upset?”1 When all the nuance, variation, and expansive vision that reside within your personal spirituality are forced to go through someone else’s strainer, the really good stuff is never going to make it through their tiny filtering holes.”
― Shannon K. Evans, Rewilding Motherhood: Your Path to an Empowered Feminine Spirituality

“In the name of social order, liberal thought, and sometimes even Christianity, the novelist is asked to be the handmaid of his age.”
― Flannery O'Connor