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“Honesty is the only way to fight the inner demons.”
“Our home is a belonging place.”
“There's nothing more important in this world than caring for a child.”
“Only you can decide what you become.”
“You are worth infinitely more than you could possibly imagine.”
“Every life has immense value.”
“Most of the people of this world are asleep in their minds.”
“I shall not repent of my faith.”
“A bruised apple is not all bad. It still has tremendous potential.”
“Each of us is like seed, planted by the Good Gardener so we might grow into something majestic.”
“Charity is the entrance to the garden.”
“Faith is believing in something you cannot prove for certain.”
“Everything you see is merely a symbol for things you do not see.”
“Men and women are what they make of themselves.”
“Everything that is given to us in life is either a blessing or a curse.”
“That woman's been riding the same broomstick for almost a hundred years.”
“We always have a choice. Only you can decide what you become.”
“One human life is worth more than all the treasures of the earth.”
“Your life—your very existence—is a light!”
“To love the creations of the Earth is to worship the Being who created them.”
“The pumpkin itself is a symbol for mortality.”
“Helping someone feel they belong is a magic all its own.”
“Faith is the deepest and truest form of magic.”
“All churches are an echo of this—the Cathedral of Nature.”
“There are no shortcuts through the wilderness of life.”
“For each of us, there comes a time when we must awaken and become what we were born to become.”
“You can't defeat the darkness by keeping it caged inside of you.”
“The only way to fight the darkness around us is to light a fire within us.”
“Darkness always tries to hide the truth!”
“Truth is the greatest strength we have against the darkness.”
“Don't give in to the darkness, for there is so much life ahead of you.”
“Have you spent so much time in the darkness that you cannot understand the light?”
“There are two forces at work in the world: the power of light and the power of darkness.”
“You cannot defeat darkness by running from it.”
“In order to defeat the darkness, you must bring it into the light.”