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“The house was very quiet, and the fog—we are in November now—pressed against the windows like an excluded ghost.”
― Howards End
― Howards End
“Dear God, she thought, help me to accept as Christ accepted. Keep my mind on helping, not judging. And remind me to put in a five-mile run this evening.”
― In the Bleak Midwinter
― In the Bleak Midwinter
“I believe that prayer focuses our human thoughts and energies, sends them to the people we're praying for. I believe that helps, in ways we can't yet understand. I believe that God hears our prayers, and cherishes them. I believe He answers by sending us His spirit, giving us strength, and peace, and insight. I don't think he responds by turning away bullets and curing cancer. Though sometimes that happens.”
― In the Bleak Midwinter
― In the Bleak Midwinter
“While the Gods are powerful, we learn little about them. It is only in their day of decadence that a strong light beats into heaven.”
― Howards End
― Howards End
“In the tradtional world, it is known that for the female of the species metamorphosis is easier than for the male. A woman leaves her father's house, sheds his name like an old skin and puts on her husband's name like a wedding dress. Her body changes and becomes capable of containing and then expelling other bodies. ... Maybe a woman's life gains its meaning through such metamophoses, but for a man it is different. The abandonment of the past makes a man meaningless. ... An exile is a hollow man trying to fill up with manhood once again, a phantom in search of lost flesh and bone, a ship in search of an anchor.”
― The Golden House
― The Golden House
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