Ivana

“It was easy to love someone in the beginnings and endings; it was all the time in between that was so hard.”
― Coco Mellors, Blue Sisters

“On another occasion Padre Pio's spiritual director wrote him a letter in Greek, a language which the young monk did not know. Nonetheless, Padre Pio read the letter. Fr. Pannullo marveled at this and asked him how he learned the language. "My guardian angel explained everything to me," Padre Pio replied.”
― Renzo Allegri, Padre Pio: Man of Hope

“But what they don’t know is this: As long as you are alive, it is never too late to be found.”
― Coco Mellors, Blue Sisters

“She is so good at predicting what will happen in books, so bad at predicting what will happen in life. That is why she has always preferred books - because to be alive is so much harder.”
― Alison Espach, The Wedding People