"That will be glorious. I have long known the magnificent possibilities of living in a poorhouse. I will become the troubadour of the poorhouse." (15)

"And yet, I must confess this madcap Blue put the stuff in a rather bad light, and made on feel that making it was a ridiculous and nonsensical business. I suppose it is a bit foolish to spend the few years one has here accumulating any commodity." (20)

"I know a gent who's so happy he's almost crazy." (27)

"Poor people with these horizons! Poor people with the whole beautiful world beneath them! Poor people up here in the skies!" (37)

"Blah!—for those who would have me a microcosm in the meaningless tangle of an endless evolution! I'm no microcosm. I, too, am a Son of God!" (41)

"'I shall bring God back to earth,' White told the silences beyond the western river." (58)

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