Soon the sun will set'- is that prophecy? No, it's merely an assertion of faith in the consistency of events.
The trouble with being a priest was that you eventually had to take the advice you gave to others.
For no change comes calmly over the world.
Bless me Father, I ate a lizard.
I'm not so sure he's mad, Father. Just a little devious in his sanity.
That's where all of us are standing now, he thought. On the fat kindling of past sins.