... Francie thought it was beautiful. The feeling she had about it was as good as the feeling she had about church."  ~ A T...

“As you grow ready for it, somewhere or other you will find what is needful for you in a book.”  ~  George MacDonald (Photo thanks...

Photo courtesy of Nat Merry ~~~~~ "She certainly doesn't make much effort," Philippa had to say. "Only in tra...

"We always want this thing or that thing, and even when we have Jesus Himself in our breast we are not satisfied. Yet He is all that w...

"As the world must be redeemed in a few men to begin with,  so the soul is redeemed in a few of its thoughts, and works, and ways to...

Tonight, while the girls and I were walking the dog, I realized that I can throw out any quote from The Office * and Anne and Betsy can fini...

"If we patiently accept through love all that God allows to happen, then we will begin to taste even here on earth something of the de...

"I feel that if I were not a Catholic I would have no reason to write, no reason to see, no reason ever to feel horrified or even to e...

Why, you ask? Before Lent began, Atticus mentioned (can't remember where he heard it -- something on NPR the other day?) that perha...

I see it every day when I open my laptop: "All you have to do  is write one true sentence.  Write the truest sentence  that yo...

Thinking again about the Homeschool High School carnival and wanted to share this quote from Kenneth Clark : Now, although I believe th...

“Writing is like driving at night in the fog.  You can only see as far as your headlights,  but you can make the whole trip that way.”...

"Therefore, we ask that we may know what we love,  since we ask nothing other than that you give us yourself.  For you are our all...

"Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds.  Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve  them a...

It's   fifty years old!* ~~~~~ Here's an NPR story about the book , and here is o ne of my favorite L'Engle quotes:  "Y...

Beautiful post from Eileen at Let us Rejoice , which includes this quote from Fr. Joseph Payne: "We who follow Jesus dare not live t...

 from  Through the Year With Mary,   January 12 :  "I force myself in vain to meditate on the mysteries of the Rosary; I don't suc...

“We cultivate a very small field for Christ, but we love it, knowing that God does not require great achievements but a heart that holds bac...

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,  to front only the essential facts of life,  and see if I could not learn ...

Remember to keep in mind that all the past is nothing and that every day we should say with David, "Now I begin to love my God." ~...