“Faith, the least exclusive club on Earth, has the craftiest doorman.”

“Strip back the beliefs pasted on by governesses, schools, and states, you find indelible truths at one’s core.”

“The last of the cherry blossom. On the tree, itturns ever more perfect. And when it’s perfect, it falls. And then of course once it hits theground it gets all mushed up. So it’s only absolutely perfect when it’s falling through the air,this way and that, for the briefest time!.!.!.”