Ishmael

“Grief, my mother once told me, is love’s most honest expression. The last and hardest aspect of truly, truly caring for someone. She said it at her own mother’s funeral rites, tears in her eyes even as she tried to comfort a boy too young to understand why he was so sad, why his grandmother couldn’t be there anymore. She explained through choking sobs that without grief, love would be meaningless. Because it is impossible to truly love something that cannot be lost.”
― James Islington, The Strength of the Few

“I’d never met a Ruthenian who didn’t like to scowl.”
― Zamil Akhtar, Gunmetal Gods

“A warrior must strive toward perfection, knowing full well that it will forever be unobtainable.”
― Raymond E. Feist, Servant of the Empire

“Whatever bond you think you have, money will make that shit dissolve.”
― S.A. Cosby, King of Ashes