Angela

“The true enemy of good isn't evil, but fear. Evil will battle good, but fear will corrupt it.

— a Merraban saying, quoted by Admiral Pachelbel”
― Jim C. Hines, Terminal Uprising

“I want a reliable, honest man who is not too desperate to be looked after nor too keen on taking care of me, but just a little of both. Those are the things I care about. And if I found a man like that, and he were also the sort of man I would lie awake at night thinking about when he wasn't sharing my bed - then I would know the gods had truly blessed me.”
― A.J. Demas, One Night in Boukos

“Now, we turn to the gods – not for guidance or protection, but as experimental subjects. Deities, demons and other supernatural entities can be considered as self-perpetuating structures in the elemental chaos. They might be naturally accreting structures, or perhaps they were unconsciously shaped over many generations by blind faith. These self-perpetuating structures can channel elemental energy through congruent souls – or, to put it another way, saints manifest the sacred blessings of the gods.”
― Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, The Gutter Prayer

“...Yes, because love doesn’t solve problems,” I say. “Solving problems solves problems.”
― Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow