July 31, 2008

"In the old days there were angels who came and took men by the hand and led them away from the city of destruction. We see no white-winged angels now. But yet men are led away from threatening destruction: a hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth gently towards a calm and bright land, so that they look no more backward; and the hand may be a little child's."
- George Elliot, "Silas Marner" (p 114)

September 4th, 2007

"The fact, however, that "all activity is of God" means that no creative Idea can be wholly destructive: some creation will be produced together with the destruction; and it is the work of the creative mind to see that the destruction is redeemed by its creative elements."
- Dorothy L. Sayers, "The Mind of the Maker" (p 112)