“My dad was a trawlerman, but only briefly – only briefly a trawlerman and only briefly my dad." (2nd para of 'Missio')”
“Sheep can befriend a hungry wolf only for briefly.”
“All Americans come from Ohio originally, if only briefly.”
“...For grace may only be found briefly, and always in the midst of madness.”
“My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated, but not signed.”
“Was it possible in any relationship to not disappoint, to do anything more than only briefly rekindle the initial fatal illusion?”