“...and gentle happy and peaceful, tasting the mean goodness of their living like the last of their suppers in their mouths.”

“And somewhat as in blind night, on a mild sea, a sailor may be made aware of an iceberg, fanged and mortal, bearing invisibly near, by the unwarned charm of its breath, nothingness now revealed its...”

“God is not here, Hannah said to herself; and made a small cross upon her breastbone, against her blasphemy.”

“How far we all come. How far we all come away from ourselves. So far, so much between, you can never go home again. You can go home, it's good to go home, but you never really get all the way home ...”

“Well, now, some people learn a little quicker than others. It's nice to learn fast but it's nice to take your time too.”

“I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: "Go down again - I dwell among the people.”

“We limit ourselves and God who wants to work through us”

“God can only work through those who have totally identified themselves with His will and purpose”