The soil of a man's heart is stonier. A man grows what he can...and tends it.

“I was struck to my heart and through my heart, knocked clean out of my ordinary…”

“Oh, there were all sorts of things to wonder about, but the truth was simple: h…”

“If God gives you something you can do, why in God's name wouldn't you do it?”

“I am, he thought dimly, watching a vampire take a piss.”