When I was eight, he abandoned me. At sixteen, he was a young, undisciplined, unsupervised genius, loose in the world.
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“At a certain point a totally new garment has to be produced, not only because something more beautiful is required, but also out of regard for the integrity of the aged and venerable tunic.”
― Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word: Meditations on the Gospel According to Saint Matthew, Vol. 1
― Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word: Meditations on the Gospel According to Saint Matthew, Vol. 1
“Tears in the night but joy comes in the morning” (Psalm 30:5).”
― Restored: True Stories of Love and Trust after Porn
― Restored: True Stories of Love and Trust after Porn
“The test of all happiness is gratitude; and I felt grateful, though I hardly knew to whom. Children are grateful when Santa Claus puts in their stockings gifts of toys or sweets. Could I not be grateful to Santa Claus when he put in my stockings the gift of two miraculous legs? We thank people for birthday presents of cigars and slippers. Can I thank no one for the birthday present of birth?”
― Orthodoxy
― Orthodoxy
“Paganism declared that virtue was in a balance; Christianity declared it was in a conflict: the collision of two passions apparently opposite.”
― Orthodoxy
― Orthodoxy
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