"The first time I saw him? He was feeding pigeons." Chapter 1, pg. 11

"We sat, after the exchange, in a stillness interrupted only by an occasional rumble from a truck or bus bouncing along the ruts of Devon Avenue. I sipped the sherry and felt more relaxed and at peace with the world than I had in many months." Chapter 2, pg. 25

"'Mister Og, I am not playing God. What you will Learn, sooner or later, is that God very often plays man. God will do nothing without man and whenever He works a miracle it is always done through man.'" Chapter 2, pg. 28

"I had been unable to get a handle on my feelings about the old man and it bothered me. He fascinated me... and, for some inexplicable reason, he frightened me." Chapter 3, pg. 30

"I turned my head and followed the direction of his open hand toward the...