“In later life he often spoke of the happiness of his Cambridge years, and agreed with himself to forget the hours of howling loneliness when he sat alone in a room and wept, even if King’s Chapel was right outside his window blazing with beauty.”
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“To stand in this house is to be reminded of what is most beautiful about religious faith.”
“Human beings do not perceive things whole; we are not gods but wounded creatures, cracked…”
“Human beings do not perceive things whole; we are not gods but wounded creatures, cracked…”
“We crave permission openly to become our secret selves.”