A godly life is lived out of an astonished heart—a heart that is astonished at grace.

My good fellow,” said Mesnil, stopping, “ever since the creation of the world there have been men like me specially intended to astonish men...men like you.

This did not in any way alter her intention of accomplishing her mission; on the contrary; it seemed to her all the more desperately important now that she was almost certain, in her innermost heart, that her trip was a failure. Her attitude was not an astonishing one, since like many others she conceived of her life as separate from herself; the road was laid out always a little ahead of her by scared hands, and she walked down it without a question. This road, which was her life, would go on existing after her death, even as her death existed while she still lived.

All sunshine without a little rain makes a desert.

And grace that won who saw to wish her stay.

Whatever he did, was done with so much ease, In him alone 'twas natural to please.