" "Time <i>was</i>," it said. "Time <i>is</i>," it said. "And time <i>will</i> — " But the burning meteor then fell upon it, and neither it nor what … - John Cowper Powys

One needs no strange spiritual faith to worship the earth.

The influence of friendship upon culture differs from that of love, in that it assumes the basic idiosyncrasies of personal taste to be unalterable. Love, in spite of all rational knowledge to the contrary, is always in the mood of believing in miracles.

"A limit there must be," thought Sam, "to the sympathy one soul can give to other souls — or all would perish."