"The years had a way of piling themselves one atop the next, unnoticed and uncounted; that was how young men turned in…"

"A death was more than an ending; it was like pulling a thread from a richly patterned cloth."

"“Confession,” he said, “must be sincere. It must come from the heart. False confession, made to avoid the pain of Que…"

"He like the Church he serves is blind and empty and vainglorious. This God they prattle on about, where’s His justice…"

"She said faintly, “Are you...real?” Amusement showed in his face. “Real?” he said. “Define reality and I can answer y…"

"The waves were indifferent, and the wind; and the rocks neither knew nor cared who owned them, Christ’s Vicar or an E…"

"She curled her lip. She had discovered cynicism."

"“I was arguing with Father Sebastian the other day,” she said thoughtfully. “I quoted the thing about giving all you …"

"She stopped dead; and the look in her eyes showed plainly she’d just received the import of a crude lesson in economics."

"Imaro exploded. "Why do men fight like starving lions over yellow metal and let valuable cattle go?""