Steven

“We are taught that the route of a pilgrimage should serve its spiritual goal. Which may be simple or manifold”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Paladin of Souls

“dominant, oppressive, exploitative, manipulative, occasionally kind and frequently neglectful close relation – a classic example of the Freudian fond abuser.”
― Peter Furtado, Histories of Nations: How Their Identities Were Forged

“Precontemplators are often demoralized as well. They don’t want to think, talk, or read about their problem because they feel the situation is hopeless. There is a certain comfort in recognizing that demoralization is a natural feeling that accompanies the precontemplation stage—and in realizing that if you take yourself systematically through the stages of change, you can change.”
― James O. Prochaska, Changing for Good

“Magic is intention channelled by will and executed by power. Charms are a simple use of intention; cantrips are a variable manipulation of intention; spells are complex products of intention. All magic derives from ambient power, including the strength of the caster. The caster is both a source of power and a conduit for it; the stronger the caster, the greater their ability to imbue or draw from sources beyond themselves, including latent sources. An ambient source is elemental, active and continuous;”
― Foz Meadows, A Strange and Stubborn Endurance