What destroys the dream? What destroys it, eh?..........Disappointment. Disappointment. Disappointment. - Anthony Burgess

If you believe in an unseen Christ, you will believe in the unseen Christlike potential of others

Ted, I noted, was very busy - at the pumps, at the glasses behind, the bottles below, the merrily ringing till, like a percussion-player in some modern work who dashes with confidence from xylophone to glockenspiel to triangle to wind-machine to big drum to tambourine.

I see you have books under your arm, brother. It is indeed a rare pleasure these days to come across somebody that still reads, brother.