DESIRE

'It is no easy task to walk this earth and find peace. Inside of us, it would seem, something is at odds with the very rhythm of things and we are forever restless, dissatisfied, frustrated, and aching. We are so overcharged with desire that it is hard to come to simple rest. Desire is always stronger than satisfaction.' 

Ronald Rolheiser in Christine O Colon and Bonnie E Field, Singled Out, p.216. 

JESUS' SEXUALITY

'Jesus gives us the perfect model for social sexuality. His gentleness and concern for the marginalizes smash the stupid stereotypes of male machismo. His strength and courage overturn the sticky sentimental notions of "Jesus meek and mild." He kept his social sexuality distinct from his genital sexuality by relating in powerfully wholesome, upbuilding, nongenital ways with persons of both sexes.' 

Marva Dawn in Christine O Colon and Bonnie E Field, Singled Out, p.214. 

SEXUALITY

'In its maturity, sexuality is about giving oneself over to community, friendship, family, service, creativity, humor, delight, and martyrdom so that, with God, we can help bring life into the world.' 

Ronald Rolheiser in Christine O Colon & Bonnie E Field, Singled Out,  p.214. 

GRIEF

'The archaeology of grief is not ordered. It is more like earth under a spade, turning up things you had forgotten. Surprising things come to light: not simply memories, but states of minds, emotions, older ways of seeing the world.' 

Helen Macdonald, H is for Hawk, p.199. 

IMAGINATION

'We carry the lives we've imagined as we carry the lives we have, and sometimes a reckoning comes of all of the lives we have lost.' 

Helen Macdonald, H is for Hawk, p.129. 

FALLING IN LOVE

'Falling in love is a desolating experience, but not when it is with a countryside.'

TH White in Helen Macdonald, H is for Hawk, p.39. 

LONELINESS

'The cure for loneliness is solitude.'
Marianne Moore in Helen Macdonald, H is for Hawk, p.32. 

GRIEF

'For weeks I felt I was made of dully burning metal. That's what it was like; so much that I was convinced, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that if you'd put me on a bed or a chair I would have burned right through.' 

Helen Macdonald, H is for Hawk, p.15. 

BEREAVEMENT

'Here's a word. Bereavement. Or, Bereaved. Bereft. It's from the Old English bereafian. meaning "to deprive of, take away, seize, rob." Robbed. Seized. It happens to everyone. But you feel it alone.' 

Helen Macdonald, H is for Hawk, p.13. 

GRACE & HAWKS

'Looking for goshawks is like looking for grace; it comes, but not often, and you don't get to say when or how.' 

Helen Macdonald, H is for Hawk, p.5.