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On the table beside the bed his wallet, his comb, a box of matches, and a roll of mints had been arranged, along several symmetrical columns of change, into an altar to the spirit of the pocket.
The day was darkening; a beaming vestige of sunlight lingered in a western strip of the overcast sky: we have all seen the person who after gaily greeting a friend crosses the street with that smile still fresh on his face—to be eclipsed by the stare of the stranger who might have missed the cause and mistaken the effect for the bright leer of madness.
Ada, or Ardor
Vladimir Nabokov
And living with questions is a necessary part of our faith. Did you know that Jesus was questioned more than eighty times in the Gospels? Our questions remind us that a questioning faith is a living faith. When our faith has run out of questions, it becomes not faith but dogma.
The Psalmist
James Lilliefors
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