Quotes from Marguerite Poland

Book learning and accomplishment in the world mean nothing if you do not have compassion, Crispin.

He used to say that sinning was not about the bad things you'd done and regretted but about the failure to do what you should have done. Especially for others.' She

Have you a medicine to cure unhappiness, Doctor? – What unhappiness?

The deconstruction of belief. Piece by piece. The only way to manage loss is to withdraw, thought by thought, giving the retreat a framework and a purpose. A set of rites. A clear recessional. Leaving the sanctuary intact.

Loneliness does not arise so much from something lost as from a longing for something well remembered. Isolation cares nothing for memory.

Soms laat ons die dinge wat vir ons die heiligste is in ander se sorg. Wanneer ons dit deel, leef die verhaal voort, ná ons en ons tyd. 'n Daad van geloof en liefde.

Verstandig en stil? Is dit soos wat ander mense haar beskou? Iemand wat luister, sonder 'n eie verhaal?