“But to everything in this world there comes an end; there even comes an end to the torments suffered in those intermediate states of transition when the last secret tear of one's soul is bitterly swallowed, and the crisis passes, resolving itself into some new sort of phase, which even as it comes into existence is fated in turn to pass away, to disappear in the eternal changing of the times and seasons.” WorldSoulEndsStatesLastsTurnsSecretExistenceThis WorldTearsEternalSeasonsCrisisDisappearTransitionPhasesTormentPassing Away Book:How It All Began: The Prison Novel Source: How It All Began: The Prison Novel
“An inordinate love of ritual can be harmful to the soul, unless, of course, in times of great crisis, when ritual can protect the soul from fracture.” SoulCoursesProtectCrisisRitualFracture Book:City of Saints and Madmen Source: City of Saints and Madmen