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“It is easy to make fleeting footprints in the snow;
It is hard to make lasting marks in the stone.
Shall I dance ten thousand steps, unwitnessed?
Shall I make one carving, forever known?”
― Shen Tao, The Poet Empress

“A simple rule of thumb is: use the New Moon to begin projects, attract money, help relationships, and aid in health problems; use the Full Moon to bring energy to projects that involve success in career, love, and partnerships; and use the Waning Moon to get rid of negative things in your life, bad situations, even losing weight.”
― Celeste Rayne Heldstab, Llewellyn's Complete Formulary of Magical Oils

“I also want those who plagued and tormented me and are currently in Russia to read this in order to learn the moral lesson that there is a God in the world who protects the harassed and oppressed and repays every one according to his deeds….everything is repaid. God waits long and pays well. Nothing is overlooked.”
― Pinkhes-Dov Goldenshteyn, The Shochet (Vol. 1): A Memoir of Jewish Life in Ukraine and Crimea

“Maybe some stories were like jarred butterflies, I thought, fluttering free as soon as someone broke the glass.”
― Shen Tao, The Poet Empress