I'm surprised you don't know more about magic, Sister Verna. There is a word that is magic. It can accomplish more than you might think. Maybe you have heard it before. It is the word 'please.

Once you place that crown of liar on your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.

Never let a beautiful woman pick your path for you when there is a man in her line of sight

In the darkest hours we must believe in ourselves.

Life for the strongest. There is no sympathy for the slain, only admiration for the winner's strength.

We can't live our lives according to what might have been. We have to live by what is.

Everybody knows it. Wizards are supposed to have beards. It's common knowledge.