Status Updates From The Mysterious Stranger

“Some day a handful will rise up on the other side and make the most noise—perhaps even a single daring man with a big voice and a determined front will do it—and in a week all the sheep will wheel and follow him, and witch-hunting will come to a sudden end.”

the way this actually happened wow. i love reading this as if it really happened in the past😭 but like im SO sure someone had the exact same idea

“We played together once, in long-agone days when we were innocent little creatures. For the sake of that, I forgive you.”

“sometimes an act which brings the actor an hour's happiness and self-satisfaction is paid for—or punished—by years of suffering.”