“There are not many such as I on the road today, pleading passage, claiming the alms of roadside charity.”

“The mighty are beggars, child. They rattle silver cups by the roadside, pleading for love.”

“So, ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural. They live on alms. All beggars teach that others should give.”

“Saint Augustine … insisted that scripture taught nothing but charity. Whatever the biblical author may have intended, any passage that seemed to preach hatred and was not conducive to love must be interpreted allegorically and made to speak of charity.”

“I am yours," Trent gasped through clenched teeth, and my hand sprang from him, thinking I was betrayed. Trent fell to a knee, looking up at me, pleading. "I. Am. Yours. Claim me, Rachel! Damn your morals and claim me!”

“Many religious moderates have taken the apparent high road of pluralism, asserting the equal validity of all faiths, but in doing so they neglect to notice the irredeemably sectarian truth claims of each.”