That sublime prayer ending in sobs, at the moment when the soul of the voices was about to overpass human limits, gave a wrench to Durtal's nerves, and made his heart beat.
"En Route"
J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
He now understood the injustice of his judgments, and confessed that between faith and practice was a gulf difficult to overpass.
"En Route"
J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
If in certain cases, he allows the seduction to overpass our means of resistance, it is to recall us to humility, to bring us back to Him by remorse, for other causes which we know not, which it is not His business to show us.
"En Route"
J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans