She would’ve wept if she’d had any tears left, but her eyes were red and dry. She turned out the light. “Good night,” he finally called, and he sounded like himself again. She laid her cool palms against the pulsing heat of her eyelids. She
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“One could argue that all that really matters is that we learn to deal with where we are at any given moment, not where we were.”
― To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
― To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
“She would’ve wept if she’d had any tears left, but her eyes were red and dry. She turned out the light. “Good night,” he finally called, and he sounded like himself again. She laid her cool palms against the pulsing heat of her eyelids. She would’ve smiled, but she didn’t have any of those left either.”
― Good Morning, Midnight
― Good Morning, Midnight
“When survival was threatened, all low-entropy entities could only pick the lesser of two evils.”
― Death's End
― Death's End
“I’m not convinced that we are all as inherently violent as you say, but it takes very little to bring the beast to the surface, at least under the cover of darkness.”
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
“I only wish to discuss with you one possibility: Perhaps seeds of love are present in other places in the universe. We ought to encourage them to sprout and grow.”
― The Dark Forest
― The Dark Forest
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