“In His will, our peace.”

“There are souls beneath that water. Fixed in slimethey speak their piece, end it, and start again:'Sullen were we in the air made sweet by the Sun;in the glory of his shining our hearts poureda bitter smoke. Sullen were we begun;sullen we lie forever in this ditch.'This litany they gargle in their throatsas if they sand, but lacked the words and pitch.”

“There is no greater sorrow then to recall our times of joy in wretchedness.”

“Do not be afraid; our fateCannot be taken from us; it is a gift.”

“The man who lies asleep will never waken fame, and his desire and all his life drift past him like a dream, and the traces of his memory fade from time like smoke in air, or ripples on a stream.”

“In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself within a dark woods where the straight way was lost.”

“But the stars that marked our starting fall away.We must go deeper into greater pain,for it is not permitted that we stay.”