“Mage-taught wisdom reproached him: any gift of power was two-edged.”
“For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
“Knowledge was power, but a good librarian did not hoard the gift. She taught others how to find, where to look, how to see.”
“Not only did the angry villagers hound their monsters to the edge of town, they reproached her for being vulnerable to the torches.”
“Every gift is edged.”
“The Lord of Light in his wisdom made us male and female, two parts of a greater whole. In our joining there is power. Power to make life. Power to make light. Power to cast shadows.”