I try to rekindle the fire of the Holy Eucharist

Happy is the soul that knows how to find Jesus in the Eucharist, and the Eucharist in all things!

When we work hard, we must eat well. What a joy, that you can receive Holy Communion often! It's our life and support in this life - Receive Communion often, and Jesus will change you into himself.

The Holy Eucharist is like a divine Storehouse filled with every virtue; God has placed It in the world so that everyone one may draw from It.

In order to succeed in it (prayer), it should be done when we first awaken, when our whole being is calm and recollected. We need to make our meditation before anything else.

To be possessed by Jesus and to possess Him - that is the perfect reign of Love.

The Eucharist is the supreme proof of the love of Jesus. After this, there is nothing more but Heaven itself

Communion is as necessary for us to sustain our Christian vitality, as the vision of God is necessary to the angels, to maintain their life of glory.

The Eucharist is everything, because from the Eucharist, everything is

O my God, how happy should I be to hear from Thy lips those words which Thou didst once address to Saint Thomas of Aquin: Thou hast spoken well of Me, Pierre!

The Eucharist, behold the Christian's treasure, his delight on earth. Since Jesus is in the Eucharist for him personally, his whole life ought to be drawn to it like a magnet to its center.

Art is an imagination, crafted over innocent dreams and vibrant integrity.

Typical St Mary’s. When the chips are down we don’t whine and we don’t run – we do some damage.

Each forward step we take we leave some phantom of ourselves behind.

I have always loved locomotives passionately. For me they are living creatures and I love them as others love women or horses.

White. Like a clean piece of paper, like uncarved ivory, all is white when the story begins.

Be wary of too much calm, particularly in your mid-fifties.

And the most important thing you can do is learn to edit yourself. And then go back and rewrite.

If you say simply that pressures toward democracy are created by the market, I would say yes

There's a lot of symbolism to your return. Is that going to be enough to reinvigorate the company with a sense of magic?

Places are extremely important when writing a long story because place shapes a character.