“Hardly anyone understands the principles behind magic,"scoffed Betony. "It's too difficult.”

“Don't misunderstand me. I am not scoffing at goodness, which is far more difficult to explain than evil, and far more complicated. But sometimes it's hard to put up with.”

“And behind it lies not blind chance but a principle that works to help us understand, a thousand "coincidences" and friends come to show us the way when the problem seems too hard to solve alone. Problems for overcoming. Freedom for proving. And, as long as we believe in our dream, nothing by chance.”

“Beauty is hardly a virtue, for the disease of insecurity lurks not too far behind its veneer.”

“That's gotta be one of the principles behind reality. Accepting things that are hard to comprehend, and leaving them that way.”

“There's a lot of magic between you too, ain't no denying that. And magic makes forgettin' hard.”