"Uncertainty! fell demon of our fears! The human soul that can support despair, supports not thee."

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The demon of acedia -- also called the noonday demon -- is the one that causes the most serious trouble of all. . . . He makes it seem that the sun barely moves, if at all, and . . . he instills in the heart of the monk a hatred for the place, a hatred for his very life itself.

— Kathleen Norris