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“An attack could transmit a great deal of information if you let it happen, if you rode it out. Not long enough to arouse suspicion, but long enough for the opponent to reveal something about themselves.”
–Gooseberry Bluff Community College of Magic: The Thirteenth Rib by David J. Schwartz
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“I remember a verse I once spotted that Julia had highlighted in her Bible: The truth will set you free. I’ve never been able to forget those words. Even when it hurts, it’s more empowering to know the truth than to stay blind to it. Once I know the truth—and once Paul knows the truth—I’ll be finished. In my life I’ve found that you can’t let something go until it’s really over and it’s never really over until you learn the truth.“
-Etched in Sand
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“But Carlos remembers Abuela’s quiet power, the way she held ailing children in her arms and cured them. The way she could walk down a village road when she was well. The village was complete with her presence, even though she’d been so quiet. She hardly needed to say a word. Her power had spoken for itself..”
La Neveria a short story in Voice Lessons: Tales of Breaking Free;