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Helena

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“Just because I do not accept the teachings of the devotaries does not mean I've discarded a belief in right and wrong."
"But the Almighty determines what is right!"
"Must someone, some unseen thing, declare what is right for it to be right? I believe that my own morality -- which answers only to my heart -- is more sure and true than the morality of those who do right only because they fear retribution.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

tags: altruism, belief, ethics, heart, humanism, morality, punishment, religion, retribution, right, wrong

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“An Angel who did not so much Fall as Saunter Vaguely Downwards.”
― Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

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“When people look most vicious, what you are seeing is not their animal side. It is the savagery that only humans can muster.”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Fate

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