Nineteen
This is what she said:
There comes a time when we must put aside arrogance and take up humility. We think we can understand all things. Those things which are not amenable to our reason, we discard as worthless. And yet, the most powerful things are beyond explanation. What is life? What is death? Why do we love? Why do we sorrow? What is beauty and why does it move us so profoundly? There is reason and there is mystery. Give to reason what is amenable to reason. But let us give to mystery all that moves us beyond words; all that causes us to hope, to wonder, to strive, and to love.
With Sophia’s disappearance, the real situation came into sharp focus. Had Richard known about the visions earlier, the outcome might have been different. As it was, he was seized by a molten anger
