Sadness and grief aren’t the same thing. It’s why they have different words. Maybe it’s a subtle distinction, but we don’t keep a word in a language if it doesn’t still have a purpose of its own. Synonyms are never exact things.
“JUDAS: Why ... didn't you make me good enough ... so that you could've loved me?”
― The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
― The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
“I am blind, walking a path I cannot see. But walk it I must.”
― Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
― Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
“And what if it is not that simple?” Samson asked. “Can a god be both slayer and shepherd? Reward and vex? Does your god only do good?”
― Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
― Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
“Because you're dead and the dead are always starving... You're dead. Food can never sate your hunger, can never fill the emptiness inside you.”
― House of Hollow
― House of Hollow
“You liked me best when I was like an oil painting; perfectly arranged and silent.”
― A Dowry of Blood
― A Dowry of Blood
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