a quote:

"maybe it's not necessary to pray to anyone. the early desert mothers said that god is without form, color, or content. perhaps prayer isn't a matter of praying to anyone. perhaps it's an active way of giving up. maybe that's precisely what you need: to give up, without going under. the words could be anything whatsoever, as long as they speak to the heart. for example, they could be bach's cantatas."

- the abbess, peter hoeg's "the quiet girl"