Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm. – Graham Greene
Nevertheless, whether in occurrences lasting days, hours or mere minutes at a time, I have experienced happiness often, and have had brief encounters with it in my later years, even in old age. – Herman Hesse
Belief in God is but a whistling in the dark; harmless, enough, perhaps — until it is wedded to the notion that all should carry the same tune. – Dr. Idel Dreimer, www.lumpenbangenpiano.com