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1 " Her sin had saved her. "
― Alexis Henderson , The Year of the Witching (Bethel, #1)
2 " Isn't it strange how reading a book is a sin, but locking a girl in the stocks and leaving her to the dogs is another day of the Good Father's work? "
3 " Better to take sin upon . . . one’s own shoulders . . . than allow harm . . . to befall others. Sometimes a person . . . has an obligation . . . to act in the interest of the . . . greater good. "
4 " There were wreaths of wildflowers, tokens and tributes, even a small pair of children’s shoes hanging from a fence post by the laces - as though someone believed the child they belonged to might one day emerge from the trees to claim them. These relics were all that remained of those who were lost to the Darkwood. For what the forest took it rarely returned. "
5 " Pain carved through her belly and a great roaring filled her ears as the shadows rose around her. The last thing Immanuelle saw, before the night swallowed her, was the bright of the moon, winking through the trees. "
6 " Books were to her what faith was to Martha; she never felt closer to the Father than she did in those moments under the shadow of the book tent, reading the stories of a stranger she'd never met. "
7 " The way she saw it, sin wasn't a plague you could catch if you ventured too close. "
8 " ...she'd come to realize that fear wasn't a reasonable excuse not to do what needed to be done. It was a strange notion, as Immanuelle had never been particularly brave. But in the days that followed the onset of the blood plague, she'd begun growing into her own kind of courage. And she liked the feel of it. "
9 " Perhaps it was just her pride, but try as she might, she couldn't resign herself to the life she'd led before. "
10 " I have seen the evils of this world, and I have loved them "
― Alexis Henderson
11 " Good people don't bow their heads and bite their tongues while other good people suffer. Good people are not complicit. "
12 " True Evil...wore the skin of good men. It uttered prayers, not curses. It feigned mercy where there was only malice. It studied Scriptures only to spit out lies. "
13 " People do foolish, reckless things when they’re desperate to find ways to escape themselves. "
14 " To be woman is to be a sacrifice. "
15 " A man who knows his past is a man with the power to choose his future. "
16 " This was the great shame of Bethel: complacency and complicity that were responsible for the deaths of generations of girls. It was the sickness that placed the pride of men before the innocents they were sworn to protect. It was a structure that exploited the weakest among them for the benefit of those born to power. "
17 " And with that pity came a kind of rage, not at Judith or Ezra, but at the system that held one accountable for her sins while the other was lauded. "
18 " Today, we choose mercy."The flock answered her as one."Now and forevermore. "
19 " It’s always the kind ones who keep secrets,” said Martha, squinting into the light of the fire. “Always the kind ones who best hide their sins. "
20 " Sometimes I think we share a soul. His pain has become mine. And mine his. "
