To Quart, faith was relative. Quart’s creed didn’t consist of revealed truths; it rested, rather, on the assumption that one had faith and acted accordingly. In this light, the Catholic Church from the start was to Quart what the army was to other young men: a place where rules provided most of the answers as long as one didn’t question the basic concept. In Quart’s case, this self-discipline replaced faith. […]
Always beware of an old man who clings to an idea. It’s so rare to reach old age with any ideas one is passionate about. Only a lucky few won’t have them snatched away.
[…]There are few things in life as tragic as awakening to the truth to late.
[…]It’s only the serious, valuable, significant things that cause us pain if we lose them. Little withstands the awareness that one is a tiny drop in an ocean, in the red twilight of the universe.
Author: Arturo Pérez-Reverte
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