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Old men and the dead were the first whisperers of the word vengeance. Old men and the dead stood at the same wall, and while the dead faced it, old men held their backs to it. Beyond that wall was oblivion. They spoke from the end times,
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“the question of what is deserved should rarely, if ever, be asked. Asking it leads to deadly judgement, and acts of unmitigated evil. Atrocity revisited in the name of justice breeds its own atrocity”
― Midnight Tides
― Midnight Tides
“I advised you to not look for hope from your leaders, for they shall feed you naught but lies. Yet hope exists. Seek for it, Brys Beddict, in the one who stands at your side, from the stranger upon the other side of the street. Be brave enough to endeavour to cross that street. Look neither skyward nor upon the ground. Hope persists, and its voice is compassion, and honest doubt.”
― Midnight Tides
― Midnight Tides
“Compassion existed when and only when one could step outside oneself, to suddenly see the bars from inside the cage.”
― The Bonehunters
― The Bonehunters
“But compassion was engagement, a mindfulness beyond that of mere witness,”
― Midnight Tides
― Midnight Tides
“Do not seek to find hope among your leaders. They are the repositories of poison. Their interest in you extends only so far as their ability to control you. From you, they seek duty and obedience, and they will ply you with the language of stirring faith. They seek followers, and woe to those who question, or voice challenge.”
― Midnight Tides
― Midnight Tides
Brady’s 2025 Year in Books
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