Touched (Touched, #1)

by Elisa S. Amore

Shyness is a lasso that binds the wings each of us has. Only if you untie it can you fly.

Na svargo narakam vina.” Without hell, there is no heaven.

You inhabit the earth to atone for someone else’s sins too. It’s a purgatory for you just like it is for us. You were denied Eden, and that’s why you’re made to experience suffering and difficulties every day. It’s a test, don’t you see? God could have cast Eve and her companion into hell like He did with those who were punished for betraying Him, but He gave you another chance. The chance to choose. That’s why mankind has free will. God doesn’t want to force you to love Him, He wants each and every person to freely choose to do so. Only by proving they’re worthy, by following His laws, can humans return to Eden, from whence they came. Why shouldn’t the same thing be true for me? Why shouldn’t I be able to prove I’m worthy too?”