“Upon him the contempt of three planets descended.”
“Love descends upon our souls by the will of God and not by the demand or the plea of the individual.”
“He did not want to feel old. He did not want to feel the weight of his age hovering above him, mocking him out of the core of a man’s pride, waiting to descend upon his mind and body.”
“The profligacy of a man of fashion is looked upon with much less contempt and aversion, than that of a man of meaner condition.”
“Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon me?”
“Gabriel flashed him the one-fingered Mudra of Contempt.”