"O thou void of knowledge of the joy of the perpetual wine-drinking of ours."

"Every child has known God, Not the God of names, Not the God of don'ts, Not the God who ever does anything weird, But the God who knows only four words. And keeps repeating them, saying: 'Come dance w…"

"The wine is the blood of the grape, and the beloved is the soul of the world."

"Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, 'You owe me.' Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky."

"O King of Kings, lofty of star! for Gods sake, a blessing, That, like the sky, I may kiss the dust of the court of yours."