“Jesus said,But I am "alive"!It's the same materialbut lighter,summer stuff,star-coil,Akhmatova's hair...”

“...Then they will fornicate in my name and slay their children [...] in my name, and your star will rule over the thirteenth aeon." And after that Jesus laughed. Judas said, "Master, why are you laughing at us?" Jesus answered and said, "I am not laughing at you but at the error of the stars, because these six stars wander about with these five combatants, and they all will be destroyed along with their creatures.”

“It is still summer, but the summer is no longer alive. It has come to a standstill; nothing withers, and fall is not ready to begin. There are no stars yet, just darkness.”

“The stars shine as they always do. Same stars. Same sky. Only I am different.”

“I wondered if there were other restless people asking the question with me: What if Jesus meant the stuff he said?.”

“Every single morning I wake with a bang,' he said. 'It's as though the fact that I am alive is injected into me; I am a character in a fairytale, bursting with life.”