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It was interesting, I suppose it still is, how vicious men can take power and be accepted, supported by those they govern, if they bring with them a measure of peace.
fear was something you mastered, not a thing that defined you.
Perhaps in the darkest times all we can do is refuse to be part of the darkness.
My belief, of late, is that the young must be forgiven a great deal as they try to make their way into and through the world.
We are drawn to stories, we live for them.
It made me feel I was arriving somewhere in the world, to own a work of art.
Who can know which idle decisions we make will play a role in our lives? That feeling of randomness is surely a reason we pray, or carry objects meant to bring protection or good fortune, why we live in terror of demons.
