It is always the novice who exaggerates.

Friendship is the instrument by which God reveals to each of us the beauties of others.

The world was made partly that there may be prayer; partly that our prayers might be answered.

We shall draw nearer to God, not by trying to avoid the sufferings inherent in all loves, but by accepting them and offering them to Him; throwing away all defensive armour. If our hearts need to be broken, and if He chooses this as the way in which they should break, so be it.

Awake. Love. Think. Speak. Be walking trees. Be talking beasts. Be divine waters.

Aravis also had many quarrels (and, I'm afraid, even fights) with Cor, but they always made it up again: so that years later, when they were grown up, they were so used to quarrelling and making it up again that they got married so as to go on doing it more conveniently.

Autumn is really the best of the seasons