I Just Don't Believe In Helping People

One Of The Many Reasons That Padma Will Always Be A Secondary Power On The Council Is His Belief That All Power Must Be Taken, That All Power Must Come Through Fear. True Power Comes When Others Offer It To You And You Merely Accept It As A Gift, Not As The Spoils Of Some Personal War.

She Should Have Remembered That People Have Given Everything They Own, Everything They Are, To Be Taken Care Of, And To Have Their Pain Gone. It's The Lure Of Cults: The Promise Of A Good Family; It's What People Think Love Is, But Love Isn't Absence Of Pain, It's A Hand To Hold While You're Going Through It.

If It Works Out, It's The Best Thing In The World. If It Doesn't Work Out, It's Like Having Your Heart Torn Out And Chopped Up Into Little Pieces While You Watch. It Leaves A Big Hollow Space That Never Really Heals.

I Got Out My Jar Of Ointment. I Knew Animators Who Had Special Containers For The Ointment. Crockery, Hand-blown Glass, Mystical Symbols Carved Into The Sides. I Used An Old Mason Jar That Had Once Held Grandma Blake's Green Beans. Larry Fished Out A Peanut Butter Jar With The Label Still On It. Extra-crunchy. Yum-yum.

Fear Will Keep You Alive; Indifference Won't.