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“It is a great advantage for us to be able to consult someone who knows us, so that we may learn to know ourselves.”
― Teresa of Ávila, Interior Castle

“Do grant, oh my God, that when my lips approach Yours to kiss You, I may taste the gall that was given to You; when my shoulders lean against Yours, make me feel Your scourging; when my flesh is united with Yours, in the Holy Eucharist, make me feel Your passion; when my head comes near Yours, make me feel Your thorns; when my heart is close to Yours, make me feel Your spear.”
― St. Gemma Galgani

“I would rather be a conscious wrongdoer than a mindless saint.”
― Habeeb Akande

“The unconventional is dangerous at times, but we must...splash our personal canvasses with bold strokes and daring colors and give no thought to what the finished work may look like. It will somehow self-organize into a more worthy piece than can be constructed by the deliberate planning so common with the way life is lived today by most of our fellow humans.”
― Asim Khan, Dispatches from Saint-Tropez: Reminiscences of La Vie en Rosé

“There are no saints either. We are immortal, but not so unlike the humans as you think. We have enemies, we have duties, we hate, we struggle, and we love.”
― Jessica Fortunato, The Sin Collector: Thomas

“You think me noble?�� She rolled to her side facing him. “Am I saint-like? Do I slay dragons and hang the moon as well?”
― Jessica Fortunato, The Sin Collector: Thomas