Manuk

“The Devil is present everywhere that evil things happen within the normal laws of nature. In anyone who says: I don’t accept love, the love of my brothers and sisters, the love of God. And in many places, in all massacres, in every murder, in physical catastrophes, in every concentration camp, in all evil. Sometimes he shows himself, strangely, but also in cases of possession. But he’s much more dangerous where he doesn’t let himself be seen, where he can’t be done away with through exorcism. —Father Pedro Barrajon,
excerpt from interview in
Die Welt, December 2, 2005”
― Matt Baglio, The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist

“Never Land isn’t just a simple place of childhood dreams—because childhood dreams are actually never simple.”
― Liz Braswell, Straight On Till Morning

“Ah, so many of us look for adventure and wind up as slaves, one way or another,” the pirate said philosophically. “When you’re young, you think the world will make room for who you are and what you want.…And then you find the world of adults is even more limiting than the world of children. With no room for adventure, much less yer own thoughts.”
― Liz Braswell, Straight On Till Morning

“What had I learned? I was reminded yet again that I could be real with God,”
― Todd Burpo, Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back