Clergyman's

“But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.”
— Thomas Browne

“Elise?” He looked at her with a pleading, puppy-dog expression in his eyes.”Yes?””I love you.”
— Nicky Charles

“Do not forever with thy vailed lidsSeek for thy noble father in the dust.Thou know’st ’tis common; all that lives must die,Passing though nature to eternity.”
— William Shakespeare