She was as one who, in madness, was resolute to throw herself from a precipice, but to whom some remnant of sanity remained which forced her to seek those who would save her from herself.
— Anthony Trollope (1815–1882), Schriftsteller
Source: Can You Forgive Her? (über goodreads, Wortlaut nicht gegengeprüft)
Topics: Suffering & the Question of God, Temptation & Struggle, Fear & Anxiety
Occasions: Comfort, For Reflection
Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope (1815–1882) war ein englischer Schriftsteller und leitender Postbeamter des viktorianischen Zeitalters. Bekannt ist das anglikanische Kirchenmitglied vor allem für seine Barsetshire-Romane über das Innenleben der Geistlichkeit, wobei die Literaturwissenschaft auch zeitgenössische antisemitische Stereotype in einzelnen Werken kritisiert. Für Bibelleser bieten seine Werke scharfsinnige Einsichten in menschliche Gewissenskonflikte, Heuchelei und das Ringen um ethische Integrität im Alltag.
All quotes by Anthony Trollope (63)
In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
Henri Nouwen
Ultimately mourning means facing what wounds us in the presence of One who can heal.
Henri Nouwen
C.S. Lewis
When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.
Henri Nouwen
He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.
Joni Eareckson Tada
Etty Hillesum
God writes straight even on crooked lines.
Paul Claudel
God lets us walk no path that he himself has not walked, and on which he does not go ahead of us.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer