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Miracles are magic processed by faith and a lack of a scientific imagination.

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For what was art, she thought, but the heart and soul made visible.

Dragonfield and Other Stories (1985)

Wars may make heroes of men, but not all the time.

Briar Rose (1992)

Fifteen years can be a long or a short time, depending upon whether one is immortal or not.

Dragonfield and Other Stories (1985)

Time may heal wounds, but it does not erase the scars.

Briar Rose (1992)

Madness also makes folks uneasy; they fear contagion.

Dragonfield and Other Stories (1985)

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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

William James The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897)

Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

Thomas Jefferson Letter to Peter Carr (1787)

I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that "the world" would decline to recognize them.

Colin Wilson Postscript to the Outsider (1967)

Love is the active, working principle in all true faith. It is its very soul, without which it is dead. "Faith works by love."

Jonathan Edwards Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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