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Quotation from The Story of a Soul by Therese of Lisieux
“My God, I choose everything, I will not be a Saint by halves, I am not afraid of suffering for Thee, I only fear one thing, and that is to do my own will.”
The Story of a Soul, Chapter I, trans. Thomas N. Taylor
She recalls choosing everything as a small girl and renews the choice as a nun.
Citation: "My God, I choose everything, I will not be a Saint by halves, I am not afraid of suffering for Thee, I only fear one thing, and that is to do my own will." — Therese of Lisieux, The Story of a Soul, Chapter I, trans. Thomas N. Taylor. (id story-of-a-soul-q2)
Portrait: Teresa-de-Lisieux, Céline Martin, Public domain.
