Alan

“He paused, frustrated. “I don’t know what it was about. Just that sometimes I’m sick of pretending everything’s fine.” That struck me with the physical force of an epiphany, like learning the term for a concept in magical studies that had been vague and nebulous and now suddenly made sense. Because we were all pretending, weren’t we?”
― H.G. Parry, The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door

“I reached out and squeezed his hand on impulse, and he smiled faintly as he squeezed it back. “Thank you,” I said. “Only if you’re sure. I mean that.” I didn’t, really, and he must have known it. The most I can say for myself is that I tried.”
― H.G. Parry, The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door

“I was used to feeling stupid—it was the first step to knowledge, I always told my students—but this was different. I had been the worst kind of scholar, the kind who accepts answers without even realising there are questions to ask.”
― H.G. Parry, The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door

“According to Levin, the fundamental problem is that both rival parties view social institutions “not as molds that ought to shape their behavior and character but as platforms that allow them greater individual exposure and enable them to hone their personal brands.”
― Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Mere Christian Hermeneutics: Transfiguring What It Means to Read the Bible Theologically