“Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.”
“Saints, such as me, ought always to listen attentively to the prayers of poor, dirty, ragged men, such as you. No matter how offensively those prayers are phased.”
“This is a church of tenderness and arrogance, of sparkling differences and human failings. There is no unmixing the two.”
“The funny thing about prayers is you can absolutely make up your own if you want to.”
“Absolutely,' she said. 'The more you pay attention to the body, the less attention you've got left to pay the soul. I really do understand that.”
“Prayer had fortified him. It would require an almost superhuman strength of purpose, an absolute resolve, to save my brother from himself.”