“There are strange flowers of reason to match each error of the senses.”
“[From Flowering Judas]She is, her comrades tell her, full of romantic error, for what she defines as cynicism in them is merely 'a developed sense of reality'.”
“Knowledge is a Bed of Roses; for Every Beautiful Flower, there are a Dozen Thorns to Match”
“Common sense is no match for the voice of God.”
“-The reason we race isn't so much to beat each other but to be with each other. -The Hopis consider running a form of prayer; they offer every step as a sacrifice to a loved one, and in return ask the Great Spirit to match their strength with some of his own.”
“An error of the passions is not the flowering of a great love, and merely the beauty of the human form is not capable of inspiring an eternity of mad attachment.”