You say you love me, and yet you’ll do this to me – rob me of you for ever. So now couldn’t keep the other voice silent it spoke from the cafe of his body: it was as if the sacrament which had lodged there for his damnation gave tongue. No one can speak a monologue for long alone – another voice will always make itself heard every monologue sooner or later becomes a discussion.
This quote comes as the main character, Scobie, struggles in prayer over his final decisions: His portrayal of a man struggling with morality, damnation, faith, and trust is heartbreakingly real. It’s rare that I’m quite satisfied with the way Christianity and the Christian life and walk is portrayed in art (this was one of my primary complaints with such books as Good to a Fault and The Bishop’s Man) but Graham Greene* accomplishes this with skill and pathos. The convergence of literature and religion is something that has long interested me as a reader, a writer, and a Christian.
(Guess who took those tiny bites out of the cover of my book?) The Heart of the Matter – Graham Greene (Penguin Books, 1981)
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