God shields the souls of the innocent the best He can from the Devil's torments.

But remember. Just because you don't believe in something doesn't mean it isn't real.

In his voice resonated the timbre of a man who thinks he has convinced himself of an idea, but masks his own doubt by laboring to persuade others.

In this world, everyone is friends with everyone else. In a way.

God shields the souls of the innocent the best He can from the Devil's torments.

She was always puzzled that people say that darkness falls. To her it seemed instead to rise, massing under trees an shrubs, pouring out from under furniture, only reaching the sky when the spaces near the ground were full.

Of course mothers and daughters with strong personalities might see the world from very different points of view.