Light will blind us in time, but what we learn in the dark can see us through.

Growth and change were viewed as reactions to conditions met

One never learns how the witch became wicked, or whether that was the right choice for her~is it ever the right choice? Does the devil ever struggle to be good again, or if so is he not a devil?

Even God used silence as a strategy.

She dreamed of leaving, but she had too little exposure to the world to imagine where to go.

The world rarely shrieks its meaning at you. It whispers, in private languages and obscure modalities, in arcane and quixotic imagery, through symbol systems in which every element has multiple meanings determined by juxtaposition.

No wonder Wonderland isn't funny to read anymore: We live there full time. We need a break from it.