"It was a death that began it all and another that lead us on" (7).

"It was as if they played his death for me and this was a strange thing, as they did not know I watched, and as I did not know what they were" (7).

"Our lord was brought down to be pitied, on the Cross He was too far away" (8).

"Then the sound ceased and I saw them shift back and make space for Death, a thing very wise to do, Death being less provoked when at large than when confined" (9).

"Such faces we see often among the people now, not true faces but masked by sufferings" (12).

"Men are distinguished by the power of their wanting" (17).

"Thus the great art of the player is not in showing but concealing" (33).

"But he was of those who boast where they despise, as if to justify contempt" (35).

"Where sufficiency...