“knowing that the purpose of this promis is simply to make parting easier-Aleph”

“Sometimes people simply believe the things because it's easier that way. But it doesn't make it the truth.”

“I know. I know all of that. But knowing doesn't make it easier.”

“Being with Demetri wasn’t the absence of pain, it was the added presence of peace, making it easier and easier for that little part of my heart to heal again.--From Pull: A Seaside Novel”

“I think part of my purpose in this life is to talk about magic, and to make it.”

“How easy is murder when one calls it by a different name? How much easier is it for the conscience to condone “reaping” than “killing”—and when one knows that death isn’t the end, does it stop the killing hand for fear of retribution, or does it simply make it easier to kill, because, if life continues, how can murder be murder at all?”