Gloucester Quotes

“There was a young lady from Gloucester
Who complained that her parents both bossed her,
So she ran off to Maine.
Did her parents complain?
Not at all -- they were glad to have lost her.”
― John Ciardi, The Hopeful Trout and Other Limericks

“It is near time to speak of Peter – not the saint, but the Bishop of Lewes.  Gethsemane was significant to Peter. He made it significant to others.  There is a house in the South Downs of England, between Berwick and Wilmington, a bishop’s house – a former bishop – where the Garden of Gethsemane was made manifest.”
― Cliff James, Life As A Kite

“No other way is possible but agony, but suffering, says god, says Peter's god, says Peter.”
― Cliff James, Life As A Kite

“Peter didn’t go quietly to his Gethsemane. He refused to drink from the cup that he had forced so many others to drink.”
― Cliff James, Life As A Kite