"[the Gadfly]“Padre, this God of yours is an impostor, His wounds are sham wounds, His pain is all a farce! It is I that have the right to your heart! Padre, there is no torture you have not put me to; if you could only know what my life has been! And yet I would not die! I have endured it all, and h"
"[the Gadfly]"Padre, come away with us! What have you to do with this dead world of priests and idols? They are full of the dust of bygone ages, they are rot ten; they are pestilent and foul! Come out of this plague-stricken Church-come away with us into the light! Padre, it is we that are life and y"
"Montanelli turned to the crucifix. "God! Listen to this——“ His voice died away into the empty stillness without response. Only the mocking devil awoke again in the Gadfly. “C'c-c-call him louder: perchance he s-s- sleepeth’——“"
"[Mon]”Dost Thou sleep indeed, dear love; and wilt Thou never wake again? Is the grave so jealous of its victory; and will the black pit under the tree not loose Thee even for a little, heart's delight?” Then the Thing behind the crystal shield made answer, and the blood dripped down as It spoke: “Ha"
"“Wilt thou not be satisfied? For these men was sacrificed; thou hast destroyed me that they might live: and behold, they march everyone on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks.”"