Mariette in Ecstasy Quotes

“We try to be formed and held and kept by him, but instead he offers us freedom. And now when I try to know his will, his kindness floods me, his great love overwhelms me, and I hear him whisper, Surprise me.”
― Ron Hansen, Mariette in Ecstasy

“And Christ still sends me roses. We try to be formed and held and kept by him, but instead he offers us freedom. And now when I try to know his will, his kindness floods me, his great love overwhelms me, and I hear him whisper, Surprise me.”
― Ron Hansen, Mariette in Ecstasy

“say adieu to the girl you knew but did not know, the girl you have loved but not as soon nor as much nor as well as her.”
― Ron Hansen, Mariette in Ecstasy