Being for every man the touchstone of faith and love, the Eucharist, like on the Cross, divided the minds as soon as it was announced... Nothing engages a man as much as does the Eucharist

I write whenever it suits me. During a creative period I write every day; a novel should not be interrupted. When I cease to be carried along, when I no longer feel as though I were taking down dictation, I stop.

Every novel worthy of the name is like another planet, whether large or small, which has its own laws just as it has its own flora and fauna.

I love Germany so much I'm glad there are two of them.

That is the mystery of grace: it never comes too late.

Doubt is nothing but a trivial agitation on the surface of the soul, while deep down there is a calm certainty.

The man who partakes in the breaking of the bread dares to build his house on the very core of love. He becomes, as it were, Godlike, but regardless of the strength he derives from it, his free will remains. We are always free to disown this immense grace, to abuse it. The Greatest Love may be betrayed. Fed on the Living Bread, we nevertheless conceal a part of ourselves which longs for swine's food.