“When the desire ain't on me I don't need help. When it is on me I don't want any. See? Like the old fellah that never mended his roof. Said on a wet day he couldn't do it and on a dry day it was as good as anybody's.” WantNeedsSaidHelpingDesireDryWetRoofNeed Help Book:The Gown of Glory Source: The Gown of Glory
“[On religion:] Wasn't it invented by man for a kind of solace? It's as though he had said, 'I'll make me a nice comfortable garment to shut out the heat and the cold,' and then it ends by becoming a strait-jacket.” MenKindSaidEndsReligionNiceColdBecomingComfortableHeatJacketsGarmentsSolace Author:Agnes Sligh Turnbull
