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“Yes, there is that voice, the voice that speaks from above and from within and that whispers softly or declares loudly: “You are my Beloved, on you my favor rests.” It certainly is not easy to hear that voice in a world filled with voices that shout: You are no good, you are ugly; you are worthless; you are despicable, you are nobody—unless you can demonstrate the opposite.”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen, Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World

“The just, bold as a lion, shall be without dread.
There was no other in all the wide plains of Troy who was kind to me, and my friend.
Here, in the tenth region of the Night, will be waged the battle between the light and the darkness, between the dragon, the World-Devourer, and the king of the sun.
Be unto me a God, a protector, and a house of refuge to save me. For you are my strength and my refuge.”
― Taylor R. Marshall, The Tenth Region of the Night

“One can yearn for another after knowing flesh unity, but it is impossible to yearn for another after soul unity.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, Three to Get Married

“The very fact that a man or a woman seeks a new partner is a proof that there never was any love at all, for though sex is replaceable, love is not.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, Three to Get Married