Gabriel d'Matos

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Ashes of Man (The Sun Eater, #5)

by Christopher Ruocchio (Goodreads Author)

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Gabriel d'Matos said: " There is a limit of how much a man can suffer and Hadrian has reached this limit. Or not. Probably not. "

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Book cover for Kingdoms of Death (The Sun Eater, #4)

Kingdoms of Death (The Sun Eater, #4) by Christopher Ruocchio

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Pain, I have said, forms the basis of all morality, for no man who suffers pain doubts that it is evil. No one who experiences pain can even question it.

“There comes a point in every man’s life where he can rail against the unfairness of the world until he loses, or he can do his best in it. Remain a victim, or become a survivor.”
― James Islington, The Will of the Many

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“I will love you until the sun dies. And when it does, I will love you in the darkness.”
― Pierce Brown, Iron Gold

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“Life is meant to be felt. Else why live? Valleys make the mountains.”
― Pierce Brown, Dark Age

tags: emotions, feelings, life

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“I know it may be impossible to believe now, when everything is dark and broken, but you will survive this pain, little one. Pain is a memory. You will live and you will struggle and you will find joy. And you will remember your family from this breath to your dying days, because love does not fade. Love is the stars, and its light carries on long after death.”
― Pierce Brown, Iron Gold

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“Faithful people suffer and evil people prosper all the time [...]. Besides, if our actions are driven only by reward or punishment--eternal or otherwise--then they are motivated by greed and selfishness, not faith or love. That is where so many people go wrong, even those who say they believe [...]. They obey because the think it will make their *lives* better, rather than *themselves*. And that is very much the wrong reason.”
― James Islington, The Light of All That Falls

tags: actions, faith, love, selfishness

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