Preacher: Jezebel! That's right, I mean you! Now both of you sinners are hurrying past.

Dove Linkhorn: You got no business with us mister.

Preacher: Oh, sinners is my business. You and that hip-slinging daughter of Satan. You know there's the smell of sulfur and brimstone about you. The smell of hellfire.

Dove Linkhorn: Who ordained preacher?

Preacher: I am self-ordained son; I had the call.

Dove Linkhorn: You were called by the wrong voice, Mister.

Preacher: Lord strike this sinner down. Send a bolt down to smite and consume the blasphemer now!

Dove Linkhorn: He won't hear you. Cause you no friend of God or man - standing there hollering hate to the world. God is love. God is mercy and forgiveness. Try preaching that sometime Mr. Preacher. Teach people to forgive, not to crawl in fear. Teach people to love, not hate. preach the good book - preach the truth.

-- from A Walk on the Wild Side, by Nelson Algren.