Catholicism Quote by Dan Simmons

“He stood there unsteady in the cold, mumbling syllables which almost resolved into her name, as though he could recall, and summon back, a…

— William Gaddis

“He took a mental picture of this moment’s happy scene to carry with him into the darkness of that dreadful place where he had…

— Elizabeth Garden

The Eucharist bathes the tormented soul in light and love. Then the soul appreciates these words, 'Come all you who are sick, I will…

— Bernadette Soubirous

“it was a kind of magic, like her little fires; a sacrifice that somehow stilled the dark gods that hunted for his soul. Better”

— Orson Scott Card

“His soul had loved to muse in secret on this desire. He had seen himself, a young and silent-mannered priest, entering a confessional swiftly,…

— James Joyce

“Sometimes, if the two old women were not asleep, they heard him pacing slowly along the walks at a very advanced hour of the…

— Victor Hugo

“Cassius laughed, genuinely amused. "You truly are a fool, Priest.” He shook his head. “A treasure … I've never heard it called that." "It…

— James Byron Huggins

“God did not live in this church; these statues gave an image to nothingness. I was the supernatural in this cathedral. I was the…

— Anne Rice

“Shadow inserted his coin. The drunk in the graveyard raised his bottle to his lips. One of the gravestones flipped over, revealing a grasping…

— Neil Gaiman

“He was there alone with himself, collected, tranquil, adoring, comparing the serenity of his heart with the serenity of the skies, moved in the…

— Victor Hugo

“My spirits were excited, and with pleasure and ease I talked to him during supper, and for a long time after. There was no…

— Charlotte Brontë

“I only say that at certain strange epochs it is necessary to have another kind of priests, called poets, actually to remind men that…

— G.K. Chesterton