True charity, I had had discovered, consists of swallowing an invisible flaming sword.

We always want to love the recipients of our charity," the doctor said, negotiating a sharp bend in the road with a surprising demonstration of steering skill, "but it is not necessary. Indeed, it is sometimes not possible.

Giving someone the benefit of the doubt is not so simple as it sounds. What it means, in fact, is being charitable--which, as the vicar is fond of pointing out, is the most difficult of the graces to master. Faith and hope are a piece of cake but charity is a Pandora's box: the monster in the cistern which, when the lid is opened, comes swarming out to seize you by the throat.

Don't leave home without your sword - your intellect.

I like my beer cold, my TV loud and my homosexuals flaming.

He said it looked like a huge flaming ball that went off into the horizon.