“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”
Rumi (1207–1273) Iranian poet
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“I am Cortana, of the same steel and temper as Joyeuse and Durendal.
The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”
— Cassandra Clare, book Lord of Shadows
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