It is one of the major tragedies that nothing is more discomforting than the hearty affection of the Old Friends who never were friends. ~ Ch. 20

Like all ardent agnostics, Martin was a religious man. ~ Ch. 16

He preached to himself, as Max Gottlieb had once preached to him, the loyalty of dissent, the faith of being very doubtful, the gospel of not bawling gospels, …

There was much conversation, most of which sounded like the rest of it. ~ Ch. 14