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1 " Not every story is true. And sometimes the things that were wicked become the things that save us, and the things that were good doom us to misery and pain. "
― Kelly Barnhill , The Witch's Boy
2 " But as the years passed, Ned's silence grew and grew. It pressed upon his face and his body. It leaked into the house and spread outward into the yard. His silence had weight. It had substance and presence and teeth. "
3 " A word is a magic thing. It holds the essence of an object or idea and pins it to the world. A word can set a universe in motion. "
4 " Yet was a powerful word, Ned decided. Very powerful indeed. "
5 " There is no freedom without wholeness, no hope unless the thing that has been broken is restored. "
6 " Yet, Áine decided, was a terrible word. A terrible word, indeed. "
7 " The strongest trees on the mountain are the short, gnarled jacks. They let themselves bow and twist, and they live. They survive snowstorms and avalanches and wind. Those "
8 " Sister Witch didn’t truck with hoping. Hoping was irrational, impractical, and imprecise. Sister Witch was a solver. "
9 " And sometimes the things that were wicked become the things that save us, and the things that were good doom us to misery and pain. We lift our eyes to the heavens, but we live on the ground. "
10 " The wrong boy, the village said. The wrong boy, the world said. Year after year after year. And Ned believed it. "
11 " selfishness is the root of tyranny. That selfishness is a sin. "
12 " It is with a pure heart that I humbly ask your assistance. "
