Hell, Madam, is to no longer love.
Georges Bernanos Quotes
Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it is one of those mysterious but obvious conditions of that supernatural knowledge of ourselves in the Divine, which we speak of as faith. Impurity does not destroy this knowledge, it slays our need for it.
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Birth: | 20th February, 1888 |
Death: | 5th July, 1948 |
Nationality: | French |
Profession: | Novelist |
Georges Bernanos was born in Paris, France. He was a French novelist. Most of his novels have been translated into English and frequently published in both Great Britain and the United States. He wrote several novels include: Under the Sun of Satan, The Impostor, Joy, The Crime, The Diary of a Country Priest, Mouchette, The Open Mind, The Fearless Heart, and Night Is Darkest.
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