Awareness Quote by Steve Sanchez

“Mary's smile is a spotlight—whomever it lands upon becomes brighter, becomes more real. It lands upon us.”

— Catherynne M. Valente

“Mary’s strength is not just military or political. At its heart, her influence is always directed to the will of Christ and the salvation…

— Carrie Gress

“...she was something more- a force, a stable, familiar force like something out of my past which kept me from whirling off into some…

— Ralph Ellison

“Do everything with the greatest possible calm and serenity and out of the greatest, purest and holiest love of Jesus and Mary.”

— Anonymous

“Instead she squeezes Mary’s arm and appreciates her kindness. Her understanding. This is why people have children, even when they believe the world is…

— Jessica Shattuck

“She was sweetness and light, gentleness and goodness, and the burning and searing goal of all his earthly hunts and fascinations.”

— Sylvain Reynard

“Mary-Love liked to see herself as the family cornucopia, dispensing all manner of good things, unstintingly, unceasingly. She considered herself amply rewarded by her…

— Michael McDowell

“[Mary] says her memories Will help those of us Newly come to our Lord’s mercy, To live in His light.”

— Jessica Coupe

“Mary was fond of her own thoughts, and could amuse herself well sitting in twilight with her hands in her lap; for, having early…

— George Eliot

“She had no need in her heart for either book or magazine. She had her own way of escape, her own passage into contentment:…

— John Fante

“For the love of Mary, I get it, she's got a nifty twat. Tell me what I need to know and you can go…

— Glen Duncan

“He could offer her an eternity of challenges and passion, of quiet, tender moments stolen in the depths of riotous flames and ravaging storms--tranquility…

— A.G. Howard