The secular scripture tells us that we are the creators. Other scriptures tell us that we are actors in a drama of divine creation and redemption. Even Alice is troubled by the thought that her dream may not have been hers but the Red King’s. Identity and self-recognition begin when we realize that this is not an either-or question, when the great twins of divine creation and human recreation have merged into one, and we can see that the same shape is upon both.

—Northrop Frye

Grace builds on nature.

—St. Thomas Aquinas

God draws straight with crooked lines.

—Portuguese proverb, quoted by Paul Claudel