He Had Discovered That The Choice Between

A Well-trained Dog Is Like Religion, It Sets The Deserving At Their Ease And Is A Terror To Evildoers.

Most Of The Basic Truths Of Life Sound Absurd At First Hearing.

Jean Was Visited By One Of Her Rare Moments Of Happiness, One Of Those Moments When The Goodness Of God Was So Real To Her That It Was Like Taste And Scent; The Rough Strong Taste Of Honey In The Comb And The Scent Of Water. Her Thoughts Of God Had A Homeliness That At Times Seemed Shocking, In Spite Of Their Power, Which Could Rescue Her From Terror Or Evil With An Ease That Astonished Her.

I Don't Think There's Anything More Tiring ... Than Expecting People Who Don't Turn Up.

One Is Seldom Unchanged By The Death Of Those One Loves. It Gives Me A Deeper Knowledge Of Them, And So Of Oneself In Regard To Them.