“The sunIs a leaping fireToo hotTo go near,But it will stillLie downIn warm yellow squaresOn the floorLike a flatQuilt, whereThe cat can curland purr.”

“Leap...and the net will follow”

“Questions, questions – you wear me out with your questions, child. Find out for yourself – we all have to in the end. No one can give you faith. It is a gift from God alone. Seek and ye shall find. Read the Gospels. There is no other way. Do not pester me with your everlasting questions. Go with God, child; just go with God.”

“Was it love of people?' I asked her.'Of course no,' she snapped sharply. 'How can you love ignorant, brutish people whom you don't even know? Can anyone love filth and squalor? Or lice and rats? Who can love aching weariness, and carry on working, in spite of it? One cannot love these things. One can only love God, and through His grace come to love His people.”

“The shell must be broken before the bird can fly.”

“And thereLike I thought I knewAnd aint life a bitchWas his head on a silver platter”

“I've loved someone since I was seventeen but I can't have him and I can't give him up. So until I can do that no one else will stand a chance.”