“The earth grieves, and I grieve, and I am weary of the fight”

“Victory does not always come with trumpet-blasts and glory.”

“Always at the heart of my life there has been fire.”

“Her spirit is all spit and fire”

“This love frightens me, it causes me fear and ecstasy and pain and a thousand other things I never knew I could feel.It terrifies me, leaves me wounded and open and vulnerable.But I want you to know it exists.And I want you to know that if there ever comes a day in your life when you want my love, then it is here.I will be here.Always.That is all I want you to know.”

“The earth grieves, and I grieve, and I am weary of the fight”

“I ran then, following the power, ran with joy and a wild, winging certainty, right into the hearth of everything I loved.And there was no earth, no cold, no dust, nor stones nor water rushing past; but only this joy, this singing, awesome flight straight into the soul of God.Into fire.”