“But a part of me still revolts against the notion that this is our basic nature; that we are, in essence, self-serving creatures. That love is an explainable construct and souls are a pretty feint to distract ourselves from our own cruel emptiness.”
― The Vanished Birds
― The Vanished Birds
“It is one of the most bitter ironies I’ve ever had to accept: there are, unquestionably, musical geniuses of incomparable talent who died as street sweepers because they never had the chance to pick up an instrument.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“but if every other option has been discarded as impossible, then insanity might—in this case—be practical.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“We must take care not to let the bliss of the present fade when compared to supposedly better days. We’re happy, sure, but were we more happy then? If we let it, memories can make shadows of the now, as nothing can match the buttressed legends of our past.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“Tress looked toward Crow. And then, Tress took the singular step that separated her from people in most stories. The act, it might be said, that defined her as a hero. She did something so incredible, I can barley express its majesty.
I should consider this more, Tress thought to herself, and not jump to conclusions.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
I should consider this more, Tress thought to herself, and not jump to conclusions.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
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