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“I’m sure this is a problem faced by most parents since time immemorial. To know when the time if right to let the little birds leave the nest and fly on their own.”
“Most parents don’t have the children we do,” Linus said.
“No, they don’t. We’re lucky that way, I guess.”
― Somewhere Beyond the Sea
“Most parents don’t have the children we do,” Linus said.
“No, they don’t. We’re lucky that way, I guess.”
― Somewhere Beyond the Sea
“For a time, Lucy was silent. He looked out the window, his face bathed in golden light. Finally, he said, “Arthur?”
“Yes?”
“I love you too.”
Arthur smiled as fire bloomed in his chest. “I know.”
― Somewhere Beyond the Sea
“Yes?”
“I love you too.”
Arthur smiled as fire bloomed in his chest. “I know.”
― Somewhere Beyond the Sea
“Ah, lost your voice, have you? I do hope you find it. I happen to like it when you talk.”
― Somewhere Beyond the Sea
― Somewhere Beyond the Sea
“So what do we do?”
“We live,” Arthur said.
“And if they try and take our children from us?”
“Then we fight.”
― Somewhere Beyond the Sea
“We live,” Arthur said.
“And if they try and take our children from us?”
“Then we fight.”
― Somewhere Beyond the Sea
“You tell yourself it’s for the greater good, and it may very well be. Does that make it right?”
Lucy stared at Arthur with ancient eyes. “It’d make things easier.”
“Perhaps,” Arthur said. “But that doesn’t answer my question. Even if your intentions are pure, does eradicating free will to get the end result you desire make your actions right?”
Lucy hesitated. “I… don’t know?”
“And it’s okay not to know,” Arthur said. “It comes back to the idea of moral relativism.”
Lucy groaned, sounding so much like Linus that Arthur grinned.
“Yes, yes, it’s terribly inconsiderate of me to spring philosophy on you. I will do better in the future.”
― Somewhere Beyond the Sea
Lucy stared at Arthur with ancient eyes. “It’d make things easier.”
“Perhaps,” Arthur said. “But that doesn’t answer my question. Even if your intentions are pure, does eradicating free will to get the end result you desire make your actions right?”
Lucy hesitated. “I… don’t know?”
“And it’s okay not to know,” Arthur said. “It comes back to the idea of moral relativism.”
Lucy groaned, sounding so much like Linus that Arthur grinned.
“Yes, yes, it’s terribly inconsiderate of me to spring philosophy on you. I will do better in the future.”
― Somewhere Beyond the Sea
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