Sleep is your friend. Dreams are your unwelcome guests.

The highest truths a person could discover were rooted in the natural world.

That was my nature - going from temptation after temptation, not to sin, but to be redeemed.

I know nothing of God or the Devil. I have never seen a vision nor learned a secret that would damn or save my soul.

Consequently, if you believe God made Satan, you must realize that all Satan's power comes from God and so that Satan is simply God's child, and that we are God's children also. There are no children of Satan, really.

It was as if the empty nights were made for thinking of him. And sometimes I found myself so vividly aware of him it was as if he had only just left the room and the ring of his voice were still there. And somehow, there was a disturbing comfort in that, and, despite myself, I’d envision his face.

The truth is, laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping. Laughter flows in a violent riff and is effortlessly melodic. Weeping is often fought, choked, half strangled, or surrendered to with humiliation.