“One scene stayed with de Chauliac forever, obsessing him, even though, mercifully, the rest would blur; he saw a devil with wide black wings gripped by two angels, who drove it down and seemed to speak in its ears as they fell; they hit the bend of the Rhone, sending up a great, illuminated plume of water visible from Orange.
Two angels and a devil had tumbled into the water.
Three angels came up.
Forgiveness, then, was possible even for the worst.”
― Between Two Fires
Two angels and a devil had tumbled into the water.
Three angels came up.
Forgiveness, then, was possible even for the worst.”
― Between Two Fires
“I am the force of creation, I am
the end and the beginning. The world is a painting and I hold the brush. I
am a god.”
― The Burning God
the end and the beginning. The world is a painting and I hold the brush. I
am a god.”
― The Burning God
“As at least cruelty was a thing that could be pointed out, confronted. But this belief, this absolute conviction that this evil they were doing was good, was God’s work—how, she wondered, how could such a dark conviction ever be overcome?”
― Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
― Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
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