“What's a feminist?" Julie asked."Someone who thinks women are fish," Barton replied. He was smiling at Lily. "And that men are bicycles, which makes us basically useless to anyone of the fish persuasion. But it does categorize us as creatures who exist solely for the purpose of being ridden.”

“It's just a guess," said Bramble after a moment, "but I don't think he's in the mood to see us.”

“Luke tells us that as Jesus was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, one of His disciples said unto Him, “Lord, teach us to pray.” This disciple had heard Jesus preach, but did not feel like saying, “Lord, teach us to preach.” He could learn to preach by studying the methods of the Master. But there was something about the praying of Jesus that made the disciple feel that he did not know how to pray; that he had never prayed, and that he could not learn by listening even to the Master as He prayed. There is a profound something about prayer which never lies upon the surface. To learn it, one must go to the depths of the soul, and climb to the heights of God.”

“You still aren't screaming.""Is that the usual reaction you get when people realize you're, um...""Different? Yes, generally."Marcus stepped up beside him. "We also get shrieks, curses, pant wetting, bowels releasing"--Sarah grimaced--"religious recitations..."Her eyebrows rose. "Religious recitations?""You know--Get thee back, you, ah..." He nudged Roland. "What was it that priest called us?"Roland rolled his eyes. "Which one?""The one in London.""What century?""Eighteenth."Sarah's mouth fell open."The one with hair like Albert Einstein?""Yes.""Spawns of Satan.""Right." Adopting a raspy elderly man's voice, Marcus shook his fist at Sarah and intoned dramatically, "Get thee back, ye spawns of Satan. Return thee to the bowels of hell where ye belong!" Lowering his fist, he proceeded in a normal voice."Then he hurled numerous biblical versus at our heads as we walked away...But screaming is by far the most common reaction, from both men and women.”

“The world is full of people who believe what they want to be true.”

“A beggar who goes fishing may use a worm which has feasted on a king as his bait. And the fisherman may eat the fish caught with that bait. What does this tells us? Well, it tells us that a king may progress through the guts of a pauper.”

“Anyone can write something when asked. However, a true writer writes faithfully without question.”