The Shattering of Loneliness Quotes

“Remembrance is a personal, therefore a subjective, process. It matters all the more to nurture it collectively.”
― Erik Varden, The Shattering of Loneliness: On Christian Remembrance

“Human beings, says Athanasius, are conditioned to long because they are structured in such a way that nothing in this world can satisfy them.”
― Erik Varden, The Shattering of Loneliness: On Christian Remembrance

“When siren songs call us back to a life our best self had decided to leave, we must stop our ears and cut ourselves off from the source of temptation, however sweetly it may beckon.”
― Erik Varden, The Shattering of Loneliness: On Christian Remembrance

“I know that the fulfilment of my being can only come from outside myself, as a gift.”
― Erik Varden, The Shattering of Loneliness: On Christian Remembrance

“For a Christian, spiritual growth presupposes rootedness in matter.”
― Erik Varden, The Shattering of Loneliness: On Christian Remembrance