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“You see how it is godlike to love the being of someone. Your existence is a delight to us.”

“You are free to act by your own lights. You are freed at the same time of the impulse to hate or resent that person.”

If you confront insult or antagonism, your first impulse will be to respond in kind. But if you think, as it were, This is an emissary sent from the Lord, and some benefit is intended for me, first of all the occasion to demonstrate my faithfulness, the chance to show that I do in some small degree participate in the grace that saved me, you are free to act otherwise than as circumstances would seem to dictate.”

“When you encounter another person, when you have dealings with anyone at all, it is as if a question is being put to you. So you must think, What is the Lord asking of me in this moment, in this situation?”

“It’s was kindly intended, but not considerate.”

“I won’t leave these people.” “Why?” Trystan yelled. “You don’t know them, and they wouldn’t do this for you.” Evie held his gaze, trapping him with her eyes. “I’m not doing this because of what they’d do. I’m doing it because it’s what I do.”

“It shouldn’t have been surprising to her that when given the choice of whether to help others, many instead willfully chose to hurt them. As a child, she had been taught that it was the villains who made that choice, but now she realized it was actually the boastful kings and lords—the ones who accepted love but not responsibility.”

“Oh, of course. Mediocre men receiving positions of power they haven’t earned because of their birthrights. How against the grain.”

"You'd be surprised how easy it is for some to ignore the problems of the world if they aren't impacted by them.”

“We are the circle of good that surrounds her.”