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Friday, September 11, 2020

"We must ask of souls only what they can give: of some, a continuous upward surge of heroism; of others, little steps, which bring them ever nearer the end to be attained. But, to be configured to Christ, every soul must sacrifice itself under some form or other."

-- Reginald Garrigou-LaGrange, The Three Ages of the Interior Life

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

"Often a man wishes to be alone and a girl wishes to be alone too and if they love each other they are jealous of that in each other, but I can truly say we never felt that. We could feel alone when we were together, alone against the others. It has only happened to me like that once. I have been alone while I was with many girls and that is the way that you can be most lonely. But we were never alone and never afraid when we were together."

-- Ernest Hemmingway, A Farewell to Arms