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“By the end of the journey, may we have moved closer to you, our neighbor, and ourselves. In Jesus’s name, amen.”
― Rich Villodas, Good and Beautiful and Kind: Becoming Whole in a Fractured World

“Raising skeletons isn’t necromancy,” the wizard insisted. “It’s puppetry. And I’d suggest avoiding those who practice either.”
― Nicholas Eames, Bloody Rose

“Teeth extracted! Almost painless! Cheap, very cheap!”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, Blood of Elves

“Mythology helps to give weight to our private wounds. To feel the wound in a particular part of our body gives the wound weight, and to understand it as a part of an ancient story gives it weight. Without the weight given by a wound consciously realized, the man will lead a provisional life.”
― Robert Bly, Iron John: A Book about Men