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“Man projects his wounds upon the world, my friend. He judges everything, and in the judging he reveals himself.”
― Michael D. O'Brien, Father Elijah: An Apocalypse

“The pain in itself is not joy. It is simply pain. But the meaning of the pain, that is joy.”
― Michael D. O'Brien, Father Elijah: An Apocalypse

“Do not hate them. They do not know they are evil. They are blind. If you hate them, if you kill them in your heart, they will not die. They will rise up again and again within you, and they will kill your heart.”
― Michael D. O'Brien, Voyage to Alpha Centauri

“Happy Christmas" was their version of "Merry Christmas," and a better version, it seemed to him, for making merry was different from making happiness.”
― Michael D. O'Brien, The Father's Tale

“Human relationships were so complicated and always veering in the direction of the irrational.”
― Michael D. O'Brien, The Father's Tale

“Of course it's not right. The Cross isn't right. But our Lord took it and turned it into the great sign that the devil hates above all other signs. Each time we accept to bear that cross and be nailed to it, believing against all believing - when it's impossible any longer to believe because of our pain - that's when we defeat him. By the blood of the Lamb!”
― Michael D. O'Brien, Father Elijah: An Apocalypse

“Remembering the fatherless feeling, the longing to be picked up and tossed into the air and caught with a laugh, and carried on a shoulder ride as his father-protector strode fearless through the world.”
― Michael D. O'Brien, The Lighthouse: A Novel

“Is it real hatred, Father?” said Elijah. “Anger is an emotion that can rise up in us for legitimate reasons. But it can become hatred if we refuse to forgive, if we desire vengeance. The sin is only in the will. What do we choose to do with our anger? We must convert these feelings. Pray for our enemies. Suffer in silence. When the time comes, you will speak the truth before your accusers, but you must do it without rancor. Offer your sufferings to the Lord. He will use them as a powerful weapon to confound the devices of the enemy. Believe in the ultimate victory, and then your pain will become joy.”
― Michael D. O'Brien, Father Elijah: An Apocalypse

“There is no need for a doctor. But I would like to lie down for a while. I need to pray. The Eucharist is such a consolation to me. The Lord is so beautiful, so beautiful. He deserves so much more from us. We are so poor! Our little hearts are so poor! Love is not loved, Father Elijah. Love is not loved.”
― Michael D. O'Brien, Father Elijah: An Apocalypse

“As a simple fact. Many people think they can postpone repentance till the end. This is an illusion. Most men die as they have lived. If death is sudden, there is no time for it. If it comes gradually, there is usually little energy for the revision of an entire way of being.”
― Michael D. O'Brien, Father Elijah: An Apocalypse

“It is very hard. Man longs for a permanent home. But he does not know it until it is torn away from him.”
― Michael D. O'Brien, Father Elijah: An Apocalypse

“If I am deluded, I beg you to keep me from harming souls. Please speak to me, my Savior, for I am small and weak and do not know what I am doing.”
― Michael D. O'Brien, Elijah in Jerusalem

“No. In a sacramental confession, the penitent names his offenses because it is a way of taking responsibility for them before God and before man. He says, ‘I am a sinner. This is what I have done. I blame no one but myself. I ask to be pardoned and healed. I need a Savior.’ ”
― Michael D. O'Brien, Father Elijah: An Apocalypse

“Every sin is a choice to turn a miraculous being into an object for consumption. It flattens the human person, oneself and one’s victim, into a one-dimensional universe.”
― Michael D. O'Brien, Father Elijah: An Apocalypse

“His revulsion was overcome by love welling up within his heart.”
― Michael D. O'Brien, Father Elijah: An Apocalypse

“perhaps we should love ourselves so fiercely,
that when others see us
they know exactly how it should be done.”
― Rudy Francisco

“I didn’t tell the truth because the truth hurt. What happened at school was bad enough, but Gran knowing about my suffering meant she experienced my pain too. That’s the trouble with pain. It’s as contagious as a disease. It spreads from the person who first endured it to those who love them most. Truth isn’t always the highest ideal; sometimes it must be sacrificed to stop the spread of pain to those you love. Even children know this intuitively.”
― Nita Prose, The Maid