“And, when nightDarkens the streets, then wander forth the sonsOf Belial, flown with insolence and wine.”
“to call a man without the Holy Spirit "upright and God-fearing" is the same as calling Belial "Christ".”
“A good word will spread in the grapevine, bringing forth clusters of grapes and the benevolent of wine; a bad word will spread withering the vines, and choke the potential grapes.”
“Wandering down the street in an aimless sort of way, cold too, in a dress from last night that made young men stop and stare in the street, Charity Hill found herself hating the single life for the very first time.”
“Wit is educated insolence.”
“Youth is insolent; it is its right – its necessity; it has got to assert itself, and all assertion in this world of doubts is a defiance, is an insolence…”