Zeal was like gas, most dangerous when you could not see it. The wrong spark could light it at any time.

Anyone who says he knows God's intention is showing a lot of very human ego.

Credulity is always ridiculous.

Faith had always told herself that she was not like other ladies. But neither, it seemed, were other ladies.

People were animals, and animals were nothing but teeth. You bit first, and you bit often, That was the only way to survive.

For a tiny instant Faith wondered whether it would benefit the doctor's investigation if he experienced a cliff fall first-hand.