“You mess with people’s religion and you mess with fire. Even people who don’t much give a damn. Religion is something that gets hammered in early, and never really goes away. And has powers to move which go beyond anything rational.”

—  Glen Cook , book Shadows Linger

Source: Shadows Linger (1984), Chapter 38, “Juniper: The Storm” (p. 390)

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