La Vie Graphite

“Let the river Let the river run. Let the water Let the water fall. Flow down off the mountain and into the sea. Let the river r...

“With the last full-stop comes the question, ‘Have I managed to say what I intended?’ No. Then why write? A boundary always remains...

“On the corner where the sun had shone, The people gathered ‘round, Then scattered as the raindrops hit the ground. The rain is f...

“‘Can you remember by what means you find your annoyances to seem as if they were vanquished?’ ‘Yes,’ he answered, ‘it is when I th...

“I’ve sat and watched the tide go out But I did not chase- no I did not doubt The water would return to shore And meet me once agai...

“The spirit of prayer is a pressing forth of the soul out of its earthly life, it is a stretching with all its desire after the l...

“The spiritual life is a long and often arduous search for what you have already found. You can only seek God when you have already...

"I can see night in the day time. Into the woods I quietly go. It takes all the strength I have in me. These are the woods; T...

"For the unseen love of a sincere heart persevering through that dark cloud of unknowing between you and your God in a hidden...

"Sweet night, in whose blessed fold No human eye beheld me, and mine eye None could behold. Only for Guide had I His face ...

"To the one that overcomes will I give to eat of the hidden bread from heaven, And I will give to each one a white stone, and...