“Either live with that fire in your heart, or die in shrivelled, blackened grief. No one will forgive you. No forgiveness will ever be enough. And no one but you can make your actions the apology that the dead are owed. Repent and live – and stop asking the dead to take the pain away. They cannot. You will live with it, and that is all.”
― House of Odysseus
― House of Odysseus
“This is the way with grief. With guilt. With regret. All we can do is honour the lessons this brings, look honestly upon who we were and what we have done, and try to do better when the next sun rises.”
― House of Odysseus
― House of Odysseus
“When only one man can win, it is remarkable how many men will consider themselves the guaranteed winner, whispered Odysseus.”
― House of Odysseus
― House of Odysseus
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