“One thing that comes out in myths is that at the bottom of the abyss comes the voice of salvation. The black moment is the moment when the real message of transformation is going to come. At the darkest moment comes the light.”

“The hero is the one who comes to participate in life courageously and decently, in the way of nature, not in the way of personal rancor, disappointment, or revenge.”

“Furthermore, we have not even to risk the adventure alone…. We have only to follow the thread of the hero path, and where we had thought to find an abomination, we shall find a god. And where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves. Where we had thought to travel outward, we will come to the center of our own existence. And where we had thought to be alone, we will be with all the world.”

--- Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth

Subtlety: n. 1) fine or delicate shade of meaning; 2) mental acuteness; 3) cunningness, craftiness; 4) the piece de resistance of a medieval feast, such as a stuffed, roasted peacock or marzipan castle; 5) a food which has been disguised to look like something else (marzipan strawberries).