As for methods of prayer, all of them are good as long as they are sincere.

She was sad with an obscure sadness of which she had not the secret herself. There was in her whole person the stupor of a life ended but never commenced.

where would the shout of love begin, if not from the summit of sacrifice?

Monastic incarceration is castration.

His whole life was now summed up in two words: absolute uncertainty within an impenetrable fog.

Human intelligence discovered a way of perpetuating itself, one not only more durable and more resistant than architecture, but also simpler and easier. Architecture was dethroned. The stone letters of Orpheus gave way to the lead letters of Gutenburg. The book will kill the edifice.

‎"Dost thou understand? I love thee!" he cried again."What love!" said the unhappy girl with a shudder.He resumed,--"The love of a damned soul.