James Runcie

“Passion is such a stronge emotion that it dominates everything. It's like a strong spice in a meal, or a dominant red in a painting. Your senses are drawn to it at the expense of everything else. Dominic and I were not physical friends, so to speak. But I did love him. We can't help loving the people we do, can we? But the love doesn't have to be physical. You can be equally intimate. It doesn't matter.”

“Singing is the sound of the soul.”

“Body is a home, a prison and a grave.”

“There is only one religion - it is a way a man dies.”