...You say you don't mistrust me, yet you quote Chrysostom - Hell is paved with priests' skulls....

...when I chose you, I didn't want the commonplace - I didn't want a 'partner' - I wanted a shrine...

...the monk beat me to break my spirit, incensed I knew Acquinas - angry, I knew his riddle - beauty is what is pleasing to the eye - he wasn't...

...you called me poet-priest - I am. ...devoted to my art, faithful to you...or, is the other way around?...

...writers, like priests, should have compassion...and a sensitivity to pain...

...yes, I am your priest, your magician, your lover - I make charms to incant your presence...

...what else would a poet priest do on an endless night, but write of love?...

...I guess you're right - I am a priest - I offer sacrifices - so take this line, I want you to have something of mine...

...is the writer a prophet or priest - does he show the truth or serve the truth?...