"May I write words more naked than flesh, stronger than bone, more resilient than sinew, sensitive than nerve."

"I can't stand being the old one any longer, Living with you."

"I would rather see her lovely step and the radiant sparkle of her face than all the chariots of Lydia."

"I don't know what to do: I am of two minds."

"I am weary of all your words and soft, strange ways."