“Every reaction is an opportunity to cultivate a pearl - a beautiful truth that will illuminate the way forwards.”

“For every forward action, there is an equally important forward reaction.”

“There was such a difference, he thought, between the beauty that illuminated, and the beauty that was illuminated.”

“Though beauty is autonomous, there seem to be occasions when human presence can become congruent with her will. In creative work no amount of force or mechanical management can guarantee beauty. Suddenly, without expecting it, beauty is there. Yet ultimately beauty is a profound illumination of presence, a stirring of the invisible in visible form and in order to receive this we need to cultivate a new style of approaching the world.”

“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God’s handwriting—a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower,and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.”

“Fiction is the lie that illuminates a greater truth.”