“I can't believe in the God of my Fathers. If there is one Mind which understands all things, it will comprehend me in my unbelief. I don't know whose hand hung Hesperus in the sky, and fixed the Dog Star, and scattered the shining dust of Heaven, and fired the sun, and froze the darkness between the lonely worlds that spin in space.” IfsKnowsWorldMindBelieveI CanHandsFatherHeavenStarsSpaceDarknessSunSkyAtheismDogAll ThingsLonelyShiningPositive AtheismDustFixedHungUnbeliefLonely World Author:Gerald Kersh
“Now, you mummy's darlings, get a rift on them boots. Definitely shine em, my little curly-headed lambs, for in our mob, war or no war, you die with clean boots on.” LittlesWarDiesShiningCleanEmsBootsNavyDarlingLambsNo WarMummyRift Book:Sergeant Nelson of the Guards Source: Sergeant Nelson of the Guards
“When Irish eyes are smiling, watch your step.” EyeStepsWatchesBeing IrishIreland And The Irish Book:Neither man nor dog: short stories Source: Neither man nor dog: short stories
“There are men whom one hates until a certain moment when one sees, through a chink in their armour, the writhing of something nailed down and in torment.” MenMomentsCertainHateDown AndLibertarianTormentArmourChinks Book:The Best of Gerald Kersh Source: The Best of Gerald Kersh