"I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."
"Jesus is magic, because he turned water into wine. I think he made the Statue of Liberty disappear in the '80s or something."
— Sarah Silverman
It had burned like a fire in his throat when he’d knelt in the school’s chapel and begged her to answer him, to explain. He’d felt so sure, so absolutely that she had the answers he needed. Why had he been given magic if all it could do was hurt? Why had he been given magic only to have it taken away? The fire lessened to a warm persistent glow in his chest as the priest there spoke with him and told him a story about fire.
“It can burn your house down,” the old priest said, “or it can cook your food. The only difference is control. Arcane magic is something that we cannot hope to predict but Enea gave us the tools to control it. She made us hearths and grates, pokers and coals to keep the fire under control, so we may build with it, forge with it, even cook with it.” The priest smiled and Klaus slept through the night on one of the cushioned pews.
“It can burn your house down,” the old priest said, “or it can cook your food. The only difference is control. Arcane magic is something that we cannot hope to predict but Enea gave us the tools to control it. She made us hearths and grates, pokers and coals to keep the fire under control, so we may build with it, forge with it, even cook with it.” The priest smiled and Klaus slept through the night on one of the cushioned pews.
— "A Question of Faith
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