“And that night we knew that to hold the body of women in our arms in neither ugly nor shameful, but the one ecstasy granted to the race of men.”
“If men knew each other, they would neither idolize nor hate.”
“That night as they slept in each other's arms neither Alistair nor Sophia had any nightmares.”
“In a futile attempt to erase our past, we deprive the community of our healing gift. If we conceal our wounds out of fear and shame, our inner darkness can neither be illuminated nor become a light for others.”
“Let neither tear nor reproach besmirchthis declaration of the masteryof God who, with magnificent irony,granted me both the gift of books and the night.”
“I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.”