“The emotional tone or affect of the tale should be hot and engaged, not remote and dispassionate.”
“I want no proof of affection but of engagement I do.”
“... never engage to play with a troubled mind or excited emotions. Lucidity of mind is crucial and once once's emotions become engaged in the play all is lost.....”
“The engaged mind, illuminated by truth, awakens awareness; the engaged heart, affected by love, awakens passion. May I say once more - this essential energy of the soul is not an ecstatic trance, high emotion or a sanguine stance toward life: It is a fierce longing for God, an unyielding resolve to live in and out of our belovedness. - pg. 152 ”
“Account books form a narrative as engaging as any tale of sea monsters or cannibals.”
“He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.”