"It is a shame that we so quickly lose that ability 
to believe in things; it limits the opportunities 
we have to transform ourselves, to save ourselves, 
for it puts the awful burden of transforming and 
saving ourselves on ourselves. 

Once you stop believing, you cannot pray, 
or make sacrifices or pelgrimages, or light candles. 
You are stuck in yourself, in a world without miracles."

Peter Cameron, Andorra: A Novel.