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“I begin to see our lives are like this--we take what we need of light.”

Book:Monument: Poems New and Selected

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Monument: Poems New and Selected

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Natasha Trethewey

Natasha Trethewey is an American poet known for her works that often explore themes of race, history, and identity, winning widespread acclaim from readers and critics. more

“This grace of light has been given to me during my retreat. Our Lord desires that we should receive Him into our hearts, and no doubt they are empty of creatures. Alas! mine is not empty of self; that is why He bids me come down. And I shall come down even to the very ground, that Jesus may find within my heart a resting-place for His Divine Head”

God Light Jesus Grace

Book:Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

Source: Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

“This modern deluge kneeing my dreams, twisting their blue, torturing my skies, tearing their chant and pouring grief streams trying again to bleed yearning’s eyes. They call it free world while smashing behind the light to adapt to their shadows’ kind.”

Light Grief Modern Deluge Skies

Book:Love is Young: Poems

Source: Love is Young: Poems

“Music connected me with something outside myself, even if only for a moment. For that moment, it held my fears at bay and with each passing day, helped me climb up from the dark pit that had once seemed bottomless.”

Light Happiness Purpose Music Connection

Book:Rewriting My Happily Ever After: A Memoir of Divorce and Discovery

Source: Rewriting My Happily Ever After: A Memoir of Divorce and Discovery

“The learned are heirs of the prophets, and the prophets do not leave any inheritance in the shape of dirhams (silver) and dinars (gold), but they do leave knowledge as their legacy. Such a person who acquires knowledge, acquires his full share.» (a sound hadith recorded by Abu Dâwood and at-Tirmidhi)”

Wisdom Light Knowledge Legacy Prophets

Book:Psychology from the Islamic Perspective

Source: Psychology from the Islamic Perspective

“Light is life.”

Life Light Nature Sky Sunset Sunrise Moonlight Outdoors Starlight Circadian

Book:Hypoxia, Mental Illness & Chronic Fatigue

Source: Hypoxia, Mental Illness & Chronic Fatigue

“The light at the end of this seemingly never-ending dark tunnel that I had entered, was on the other side of understanding. The clarity I was seeking was within my reach.”

Light Faith Hope Understanding Clarity Life After Divorce

Book:Rewriting My Happily Ever After: A Memoir of Divorce and Discovery

Source: Rewriting My Happily Ever After: A Memoir of Divorce and Discovery

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