It Need Not Hurt

"Nothing from without does hurt!" said Ethel, "unless one lets it."

"Hurt what?" he asked.

"The soul," returned Ethel. "Mind and body may be hurt, and it is not possible to know one's mind from one's soul while one is alive, but as long as the will and faith are right, to think the soul can be hurt seems to me like doubting our Protector."

- from Chapter 27 of The Trial by Charlotte Mary Yonge

To better understand some of the main characters in this book, start with The Daisy Chain, to which this is a sequel. Though I just learned of this author in my 30s, I would think the first book could be enjoyed from age 12+ and the second a little later as it deals with heavier themes.

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