“I am a restlessness inside a stillness inside a restlessness.”

“I could hear rain still pouring from the gutters and a thin branch scraping against one of the windows; but the church seemed completely cut off from the restless day outside--just as I felt cut off from the church. I thought: I am a restlessness inside a stillness inside a restlessness.”

“And who says you always have to understand things? You can like them without understanding them -- like 'em better sometimes.”

“We were restless for ages...After a while I heard an owl hooting and calmed myself by thinking of it flying over the dark fields – and then I remembered it would be pouncing on mice. I love owls, but I wish God had made them vegetarian.”

“... for I know I shall be interrupted-- I shall want to be, really, because life is too exciting to sit still for long.”

“I have really sinned. I am going to pause now, and sit here on the mound repenting in deepest shame...”

“How can i say what i feel, when i dont feel anything at all?”