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“I wish I’d seen, as I was writing it, that it would be much more effective if he motivation were love; that he does these terrible things out of sheer compassion. He’s killing people in order to save their souls....It’s much more interesting, because much more realistic, when there’s a struggle between different goods.”
― Philip Pullman, Dæmon Voices

“There is something about woundedness when respectfully, rightly approached that invites the sharing of more woundedness —and the burden is lifted for everyone.”
― Elizabeth M. Kelly, Jesus Approaches: What Contemporary Women Can Learn about Healing, Freedom & Joy from the Women of the New Testament

“To listen another’s soul into a condition of disclosure and discovery may be almost the greatest service that any human being ever performs for another.”
― Douglas Van Steere