It's remarkable how we go on year after year, doing the same old things. We get tired and bored, and ask when they'll come for us

Along the coast the sea roars, and inland the mountains roar – the roaring at the center, like a distant clap of thunder.

Because you cannot see him, God is everywhere.

But, drawn to her at that moment, he felt a quiet like the voice of the rain flow over him. He knew well enough that for her it was in fact no waste of effort, but somehow the final determination that it was had the effect of distilling and purifying the woman's existence.

Our language is primarily for expressing human goodness and beauty.

Put your soul in the palm of my hand for me to look at, like a crystal jewel. I'll sketch it in words.

Cosmic time is the same for everyone, but human time differs with each person. Time flows in the same way for all human beings; every human being flows through time in a different way.