"All souls are limited in the circles of their own understanding." p. 146
Broom flower grows along the side of the road behind tennis courts at Meredith French broom, Genista monspessulana not far from one of my favorite trees
Catalpa - I knew I could find a connection with Martha :)
"Everything spins and Marie is falling"
For Marie herself as abbess is the broom flower growing up through the abbey and it is her strength alone that holds it aloft." p. 101
Gems were but a few in this one, but I enjoy stay focused by creating lists like this
"It is her daughter's faith that shines brightly as a moon, the light of the darkening sky." p. 101
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“Known suffering, redemption, resurrection, the horse, Marie believed, had become a kind of equine saint.”
“Nothing is all stark and clear any longer, nothing stands in opposition. Good and evil live together; dark and light. Contradictions can be true at once. The world holds a great and pulsing terror at its center. The world is ecstatic in its very deeps.”
"One day they will see the majesty she holds within herself and feel awe." p. 45
“Open your hands and let your life go. It has never been yours to do with what you will.”
"Patience, she tells herself. Strike in rage, and all that you have built in this place could collapse.
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Radiance bleeds from the day... p. 100
She can feel in her own skin their wonder
"Thus does power corrode the mind and the soul..." p. 230 “Those to whom God has given
Understanding and eloquence must not be silent or hide their gift, but must return the gift so that it flowers under the admiration of others.”
Visions are not complete until they have been set down and stepped away from, turned this way and that in the hand." p. 101
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