“At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though she were abandoned, alone.”
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Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary.
I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them.
Love is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of marriage can contain it.
Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates on death and thus always creates life. All great, genuine art resembles and continues the Revelation of St John.