I Claim Dickens As A Mentor. He's

The Old Gods Will Bring About Vengeance Not So Much Because They Exist But Because I Once Honored Them.

I Can't Believe The World Was Created In Six Days. I Do Not Take Genesis Or Revelation Literally. I Am Out. I Am Alone. I Am An Outsider For Christ. I Will Study My Bible, And Pray To God In Private And Alone. I Have No Other Choice.

Oh, But When Love Is Reached Through Suffering, It Has A Power It Can Never Gain Through Innocence.

Like All Strong People, She Suffered Always A Measure Of Loneliness; She Was A Marginal Outsider, A Secret Infidel Of A Certain Sort.

Obviously, A Writer Can't Know Everything About What She Writes. It's Impossible.