“You can go a hundred days gathering water in the reservoir, and the dam can break from emotional trauma.”

“Yes.”

“But how can that be? All of us Initiates are praying!”

“Sister, will an Initiate push the button? Or will it be a non-Initiate?”

“He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.”

“When we ask a question and find an answer, we are changed. Thinking with learning is a developmental process. But many people learn at an early age not to question. This changes the nature of subsequent learning and brain development.”

“Certification constitutes a form of market manipulation and is plausible only to a schooled mind.”