“God made the angels to show Him splendor, as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But Man He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of his mind.”
“He was not what he made up his mind to be. A man was the sum of his limits: freedom only made him see how much so. America was no America.”
“Man is not defiled by his impurities. It is the other man pointing out his impurities to him, whom he is defiled by. Is there anything anyone can do, to become righteous, anyway? God made us impure. If he had a problem with that, He would have made us gods, instead.”
“a man would know the women he was meant to be with because she made him weak. Till he claimed her and she made him strong.”
“He welcomed challenges; they kept him sharp, showed that he was approachable, and oftentimes made him explore avenues previously unthought-of.”
“It's not the innocence that made him so certain. It's the arrogance of his guilt.”