P 66 Quotes

“Crisis - that is, the serious encounter of a man with exactly that which now threatens his own life, with that which represents, signifies, and warns of his own death - is always terrible, wonderful, eventually inescapable, saving and holy.”
― William Stringfellow, A Private and Public Faith

“I need to talk to you, Queenie,’ I said, dropping my voice. ‘About my sister. She’s got a boyfriend and I think they might’ve been planning to run away and –‘
‘Good grief!’ Queenie interrupted sharply. ‘Don’t tell me Gloria is sending her here too?’
‘What?’ I was confused. ‘No, I didn’t mean –‘
‘All right, one each.’ She called to Cliff who, having lifted the dome off the cake stand, now had Queenie’s full attention.
I wanted to ask her what she’d meant about Sukie – it was an odd remark to make about a friend. But the buns took over. True to our word they didn’t last two minutes.”
― Emma Carroll , Letters from the Lighthouse