Darkness of waters

Then the earth shook and quaked;
And the foundations of the mountains were trembling
And were shaken, because he was angry.
Smoke went up out of his nostrils,
And fire from his mouth devoured;
Coals were kindled by it.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down
With thick darkness under his feet.
He rode upon a cherub and flew;
And he sped upon the wings of the wind.
He made darkness his hiding place, his canopy around him,
Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

—Psalm 18:7-11 NASB

Father Brown on Miracles

"I'm exactly in the position of the man who said, 'I can believe the impossible, but not the improbable.' ... It really is more natural to believe a preternatural story, that deals with things we don't understand, than a natural story that contradicts things we do understand."

—Father Brown, in G. K. Chesterton, The Curse of the Golden Cross, The Complete Father Brown ch29, quoting Oscar Wilde, The Decay of Lying, which says "Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable."