Robyn Abbott

“The devil may visit us, but God lives here.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Miserables

“Precisely because a human being has the ability to speak, for this very reason the ability to keep silent is an art; and precisely because this advantage of his tempts him so easily, the ability to keep silent is a great art.”
― Søren Kierkegaard, The Lily of the Field and the Bird of the Air: Three Godly Discourses

“The bird keeps silent and waits: it knows, or rather it fully and firmly believes, that everything takes place at its appointed time. Therefore the bird waits, but it knows that it is not granted to it to know the hour or the day; therefore it keeps silent. Then, when the moment comes, the silent bird understands that this is the moment; it makes use of it and is never put to shame.”
― Søren Kierkegaard, The Lily of the Field and the Bird of the Air: Three Godly Discourses

“We are cursed to be the sum of our deeds, black as they may be. They are like an arrow: once the shot is made, there is no escaping the consequences.”
― R.J. Barker, Blood of Assassins