Jessica Dickenson

“It takes three to make love, not two: you, your spouse, and God. Without God people only succeed in bringing out the worst in one another. Lovers who have nothing else to do but love each other soon find there is nothing else. Without a central loyalty life is unfinished.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, Seven Words of Jesus and Mary: Lessons from Cana and Calvary

“I'd rather be miserable with you than without you.'
- Colette, Gigi”
― Colette

“Courage, little comrade at arms," he whispered. "The battle lowers, the bugle of Christ calls 'Forward!' Shall we falter in the charge? We follow a leader crucified.”
― Sister M. Imelda Wallace, Outlaws of Ravenhurst Catholic Audiobook Cd Set

“You imagined scenes in which someone tried to cheer you up… The repulsion that then took hold of you did not come from your rejection of this well-meaning woman, nor from the nature of the supposed objects of joy that she would show you, but from the fact that the desire to live could not be dictated to you. You could not be happy on command, whether the order was given by you or by someone else. The moments of happiness you knew came unbidden. You could understand their sources, but you could not reproduce them.”
― Édouard Levé, Suicide