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“the best portion of a good person’s life is ‘the little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.”
― Allen Levi, Theo of Golden

“Our Lord, the great sweeper and clearer, swerves his broom around these impurities and is careful to leave some dust. After all, if he left the earth always clean and perfect for us, what responsibility would we have for our own lives? Wouldn’t we become lethargic and overly dependent on his goodwill, like lazy children on their parents? So he sweeps, but not in every corner. These impurities left out from heaven or hell are no longer of his creation but instead become unearthly spiritual vapour, enemy of our earthly flesh. ‘This”
― Samantha Harvey, The Western Wind

“they’s justice and they’s mercy. If you not sure what to do and you gotta choose one or the other”
― Allen Levi, Theo of Golden

“Empires preserve their power with the stories that they tell, but just as critical are the stories they don’t—the dark silences they impose, the pages they tear out.”
― David Grann, The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder