Character Analysis Of Norah Grayer's Marinus In The Lacuna

This quote was said by Norah Grayer when she was talking Marinus in the lacuna. It means that one must have a lot of compassion to care for everyone in the world. Especially since there are so many people and most people are not worthy or said compassion. Norah was, once again, expressing her disinterest in the wellbeing of humanity as a whole as well as using an attitude to deliver a point. In saying Marinus sits on “a lofty hill of divine compassion”, she is expressing how wasted her time and energy is being spent; hunting things like the Grayer twins is pointless considering human souls are so plentiful. She is also using some very forceful verbs to describe humans, only pushing home further that fact that she does not like