“Lily's spirit neediness expressed itself raw as a kerosene blaze in the material world.”
“the material world and the flesh are only temporary - there are no sins of the flesh, spirit is everything!”
“I want your world to begin and end with me," he says, his expression raw.”
“There is no such thing as material covetousness. All covetousness is spiritual. ...Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it will content your spirit for the moment.”
“To discover the mode of life or of art whereby my spirit could express itself in unfettered freedom.”
“Joy was not the raw material of humor . . . The dark source was sorrow.”