Saving Raphael Santiago

— El hambreagudiza el ingenio, — сказал Рафаэль.
Голод обостряет ум.
— Хорошая пословица, — сказал Магнус. — Тем не менее, как и многие пословицы, она звучит мудро, но ничего, на самом деле, не разъясняет.

“What if God could help you?” he asked gently.
It was as close as he could get to saying, What if everything you believe is wrong and you could still be loved and still be forgiven?

Light that went out had still shone once.

All you had could be taken away, love could be the last thing you had, and then love could be taken too.