Poor Lady Marchmain

Some days ago I found my copy of “The Lord” by Romano Guardini. I had left the book without finishing it two years ago. I opened it with the firm resolution to finish the job, and was gladly surprised to find my bookmark still there. My fancy bookmarks consist of a blank sheet of paper were I usually take notes of interesting ideas or “happy phrases” with the hope of copying them to my database when I finish the book. That, of course, almost never happens.

In the third entry of my paper it was written:

“82, 1: Brideshead. Sebastian’s mother. Nobody can hate God, that’s why they hate her” Continue reading