“And in an odd way, realizing all this has given me an unexpected satisfaction and a little more self-respect. I have changed, and it’s for the better. You really can’t love unconditionally. People can burn and beat love out of you. They really can kill it, and it’s not your fault you don’t feel it anymore, and how liberating it is to finally realize that. Love isn’t for better or for worse, through thick or thin.”
― Red Mist
― Red Mist
“The young should only know where they’re headed”
― Lies a River Deep
― Lies a River Deep
“It had become a self-imposed prison for humanity,” he wrote. “A pleasant place for the world to hide from its problems while human civilization slowly collapses, primarily due to neglect.”
― Ready Player One
― Ready Player One
“Boson forces don't exist in Quantum space. The Light of the World is only found this side of the Timewall.”
― Matching Configurations
― Matching Configurations
“Now you must close your eyes. Yes, that is it. Selinda, you, too. Good. Good. Bring in the dark that I may teach you to breathe. For it is breath that is behind words. And words that are the shapers of knowledge. And knowledge that is the base of understanding. And understanding, the link between sister and sister.” And”
― The Great Alta Saga: Sister Light, Sister Dark; White Jenna; and The One-Armed Queen
― The Great Alta Saga: Sister Light, Sister Dark; White Jenna; and The One-Armed Queen
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