Elizabeth

Add friend

Elizabeth’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (49)
currently-reading‎ (1)
read‎ (122)
did-not-finish‎ (0)

novels‎ (17)
poetry‎ (6)
childhood‎ (4)
school‎ (3)

short-stories‎ (3)
cultural-criticism‎ (2)
politics-law‎ (2)
religion-philosophy‎ (2)

african-american-studies‎ (1)
military‎ (1)
politics‎ (1)
drama‎ (0)

Stats | More…

Elizabeth is Currently Reading

Elizabeth is currently reading

The Confessions of St. Augustine

by Augustine of Hippo

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Jul 11, 2013 07:36AM

Elizabeth’s Quotes

“If I believe in anything, it is in the dark night of the soul. Awe is my religion, and mystery is its church.”
― Charles Simic

79 likes

“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them”
― Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island

tags: friendship, love, self-discovery, trust, truth

4141 likes

“Our idea of God tells us more about ourselves than about Him.”
― Thomas Merton

tags: truth

292 likes

“The plain truth is we are going to die. Here I am, a teeny spec surrounded by boundless space and time, arguing with the whole of creation, shaking my fist, sputtering, growing even eloquent at times, and then-poof! I am gone. Swept off once and for all. I think that is very, very funny.”
― Charles Simic

25 likes