“In my own stories I have found that violence is strangely capable of returning my characters to reality and preparing them to accept their moment of grace. Their heads are so hard that almost nothing else will do the work. This idea, that reality is something to which we must be returned at considerable cost, is one which is seldom understood by the casual reader, but it is one which is implicit in the Christian view of the world.” --Flannery O'Connor
Today our four-year old overheard us talking about an image of St. George slaying the dragon. "Oh, yeah," we heard her say, "that must be Curious George 's patron saint."
