The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University



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Date [Source / Page]Author QuotedTitle QuotedQuotation by Merton
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1960/08/17
[Ltrs: HGL p. 138]
Fyodor DostoyevskyBrothers Karamazov Yes, I too love Dostoevsky, very much. Staretz Zosima can always make me weep and a lot of the beat people in ..
1960/08/17
[Ltrs: HGL p. 138]
Fyodor DostoyevskyHouse of the Dead Yes, I too love Dostoevsky, very much. Staretz Zosima can always make me weep and a lot of the beat people in ..
1963/09/05
[Ltrs: HGL p. 147]
Dorothy DayLoaves and Fishes: The Inspiring Storey of the Catholic Worker Movement You know by now how much I enjoyed your book [Loaves and Fishes]. Am reading James Baldwin's Go Tell It on the..
1963/09/05
[Ltrs: HGL p. 147]
James BaldwinGo Tell It on the Mountain You know by now how much I enjoyed your book [Loaves and Fishes]. Am reading James Baldwin's Go Tell It on the..
1965/07/16
[Ltrs: HGL p. 148]
Karl SternFlight from Woman I was very glad indeed to get your letter. It came at a good time, I had just been reading and enjoying Karl S..

Abbreviations ▲ Source of Merton's Quotation and Citation
Ltrs: CforT The Courage for Truth: Letters of Thomas Merton to Writers.
Ltrs: Giroux Letters of Robert Giroux and Thomas Merton.
Ltrs: Hammer The Letters of Merton and Victor and Carolyn Hammer.
Ltrs: HGL The Hidden Ground of Love.
Ltrs: Laughlin Thomas Merton and James Laughlin: Selected Letters.
Ltrs: Leclercq Survival or Prophecy? The Letters of Merton and Jean Leclercq.
Ltrs: RtoJ The Road to Joy: Letters to New and Old Friends.
Ltrs: Ruether Letters of Merton and Rosemary Radford Ruether.
Ltrs: SofC The School of Charity. Letters on Religious Renewal.
Ltrs: WtoF Witness to Freedom: The Letters of Merton in Times of Crisis.