"There are some who believe to speak of a thing is to summon it...

"There are some who believe to speak of a thing is to summon it into the world, and Tom speaks with such conviction. We become so quiet the loudest noise is the sizzle of burning tree sap. The darkness around us presses down, as if to listen. The music of the wind rises and falls with the swirls of the snow, the creaking of the sea of branches in the darkness above us."

— from the novel Sinful Folk 

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