But I am not going to give every detail. Some things lose their fragrance when opened to the air, and there are stirrings of the soul which cannot be put into words without destroying their delicacy.

“But now I realise that true charity consists in putting up with all one’s neigh…”

“Though I’m quite unworthy, I love to say the Divine Office every day, but apart…”

“But instead of letting me see any ray of hope, God afflicted me with a most gri…”

“For a long time I’d been fed on the wheat of The Imitation. It was the only boo…”