“Yes, love […] can heal the wounds of hatred. Love can eradicate lust and greed. Through love a man of evil can come to find repentance and redemption. For the Source abandons no man.”

Source: Drenai series, Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf, Ch. 6

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