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“You damned fool.” She pushes her forehead into theirs again, like a buck locking antlers, angry and intimate. Her fingertips slip against their jaw. Her breath puffs against their mouth. They would do it again. They gave the first half of their life to killing one person, but the rest of their life will be for keeping this one alive—”
― On Vicious Worlds
― On Vicious Worlds
“One more philosophical argument, for the sake of all our history? You tell me why your actions are righteous, I tell you why my actions were necessary. We lob Godtexts at each other and argue the finer points of secretarial law. You bluster about moral purity. I evoke the beautitudes. Then at the end we can be right here again, nothing gained. But at least we'll say we were very civilized about it.”
― On Vicious Worlds
― On Vicious Worlds
“For when you die, you shall return to that which matters most, to that which is the core of yourself. And you will see what you are, laid out before you as a banquet. In your death, you will eat the fruits of your life, and whatever ripens them shall ripen your death—either with joy, or regret. And your loves and your hates will gather to you, and you will dine with them at the long table of your life. And thus is all death a return.”
― These Burning Stars
― These Burning Stars
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