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Our decision to enroll Israel in public school represented a significant step on my own journey out from IBLP—an organization that I was finally able to see clearly. It was a cult, thriving on a culture of fear and manipulation.


“The part of science that you don’t understand will always look like magic to you.”
― Time Crawlers
― Time Crawlers

“Her lips taste like mint from toothpaste or gum, or sometimes like cherries or grapes from her lip gloss. She's soft when I hold her, with curves where my hands rest, and when I touch her I think stupid caveman things like, mine and totally mine—oh yeah, and all mine.”
― Going Underground
― Going Underground

“Genie: Okay, fine. So what are your three wishes?
Marco: Only three? In the stories I heard, the genies granted unlimited wishes.
Genie: Ah, not again. Well, let me clarify this for you. I only provide the “Limited to three wishesâ€� plan, also called the “Classic packageâ€�. There were certain gold and platinum plans offered in the past, which granted infinite wishes and where the genie practically stayed with the lamp-finder all their life. But those plans were discontinued around 2,300 years back.”
― Time Crawlers
Marco: Only three? In the stories I heard, the genies granted unlimited wishes.
Genie: Ah, not again. Well, let me clarify this for you. I only provide the “Limited to three wishesâ€� plan, also called the “Classic packageâ€�. There were certain gold and platinum plans offered in the past, which granted infinite wishes and where the genie practically stayed with the lamp-finder all their life. But those plans were discontinued around 2,300 years back.”
― Time Crawlers

“I guess that’s the thing about a hero’s journey. You might not start out a hero, and you might not even come back that way. But you change, which is the same as everything changing. The journey changes you, whether or not you know it, and whether or not you want it to.”
― Beautiful Redemption
― Beautiful Redemption

“Failure doesn't define you. It's what you do after you fail that determines whether you are a leader or a waste of perfectly good air.”
― A Torch Against the Night
― A Torch Against the Night
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