“The time groaned by as John made a fool of himself. Eventually, he grew numb to the death and sin around him. He even came to enjoy gallivanting cross-country like a true crusader. His name brought tears of joy or pain of anger to those he left in his wake. The result of his own unresolved pain.”
“He is insatiable in love. His wife is a great cook.”
“Whatever happens between us; you will forever be aching for me just as a flower aches for her bee.”
“You want my business, none of you will touch her, look at her or even acknowledge her presence.”
“[A] resistance that dispenses with consolations is always stronger than one which relies on them.”
“Every shroud has a silver lining…”