Luke Mohan’s Reviews > Confessions > Status Update

“…now, in truth, I pity far more the man who takes joy in his wickedness, than the man who can hardly bear it when some pernicious pleasure is scraped away, and he loses a felicity that is miserable.”

“I sought for something to love, loving to be in love…”

“And so I polluted the springs of friendship with the filthy things I craved…I hurled myself into love, longing to be taken captive.”

O justice and innocence, lovely and graceful to the light of honest eyes; you I crave, with a fullness that can never be filled.

When we acknowledge that we are completely dependent on God, not only is that “right and just,” but it leads us to love him more! (Not a quote)

What then did I enjoy in my thieving?…Was it that I, a captive, should mimic a crippled liberty, doing something unlawful and not being punished for it—a gloomy likeness of omnipotence?

The pears were beautiful, but they were not what my miserable soul was craving.

Friendship among men, too, is sweet, because of the dear bond that binds many hearts in one.

My soul was vile…seeking nothing in shame but the very shame.

I was ashamed among the boys my age to be any less shameful than they were.

For men it [lust] is but a blot, a fault, but by your laws quite forbidden.