Saint Codreanu

“All his life he believed he was slumming toward something good. That there was meaning. In the youth shelter, the foster homes, the Army and Vietnam, and now the department, he always carried the feeling that he was struggling toward some kind of resolution and knowledge of purpose. That there was something good in him or about him. It was the waiting that was so hard. The waiting often left a hollow feeling in his soul. And he believed people could see this, that they knew when they looked at him that he was empty.”
― Michael Connelly, The Black Ice

“How, by the logic of addiction, could we not have proceeded to the needle and the vein?”
― Jonathan Franzen, Purity

“I’m telling you that I will be all right without you. Everything we have is temporary, the joy, the suffering, everything. I had the joy of experiencing your goodness for a very long time. It was enough. I have no right to ask for more.”
― Jonathan Franzen, Purity

“Take care to do your prayers, praying in the best way, and stand before God in devotion. If you are in danger, pray when you are out walking or riding; when you are safe again, remember God, for He has taught you what you did not know.”
― Anonymous