“St. Seraphim, like Francis of Assisi, talked to animals. One day two nuns saw him deep in conversation with a bear. The bears of the Russian forests are very ferocious, and the two women were terrified. But Seraphim reassured them and showed them that he who is sanctified lives in peace with all creation, just as Adam did before the Fall.” TwoFallAnimalSawsCreationBearsOne DayConversationForestsAdamTerrifiedNun Author:Olivier Clement
“The man has a curious inborn conviction of his own superiority which is quite unshakeable. All his life he has bullied and browbeaten those around him by his high-and-mightiness and his atrocious temper. As a boy he terrorized his entire family by his tantrums, when, if thwarted, he would throw himself on the floor and yell till he went blue in the face. It has been much the same ever since. Everyone's terrified of his rages. He has only to start grinding his teeth, and people fall flat before him.” PeopleIfsMenHas BeensFacesFallBoysHe ManBlueConvictionRageTeethCuriousFlatsTemperTerrifiedSuperiorityBulliedTantrums Author:Anna Kavan
“It was like the part of me that had enjoyed those friends had evaporated, leaving behind a huge, echoing emptiness, and I was scrabbling on the edge of it, trying not to fall into the hole within myself because I was terrified to find out how far down it went.” TryingFallBehindsHugeLeavingEdgesHolesEnjoyedEmptinessTerrified Author:Robyn