Bohdana

“Who can argue with a person who claims they’re acting under divine mandate? The greatest evils are perpetrated by those who forsake their humanity in the name of deity.”
― Crystal Smith, Greythorne

“But a perfect meritocracy banishes all sense of gift or grace. It diminishes our capacity to see ourselves as sharing a common fate. It leaves little room for the solidarity that can arise when we reflect on the contingency of our talents and fortunes. This is what makes merit a kind of tyranny, or unjust rule.”
― Michael J. Sandel, The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?

“All but dead is not dead.”
― Crystal Smith, Greythorne

“Facts is facts. Wishin' 'em false and declarin' 'em fake don't make it so.”
― Crystal Smith, Bloodleaf