Sarah

“but a man is not the sum of his memories, but much more. A man is a story, a thread winding back through time from death to conception, an unbroken line—save where the powers of our universe intervene. A man is neither body nor soul, but a soul incarnate.”
― Christopher Ruocchio, Disquiet Gods

“Pain teaches mercy,” I said. “You suffer so that you understand suffering, so that you do not inflict it without need. Pain makes us human, teaches us to be . . . human.”
― Christopher Ruocchio, Disquiet Gods

“We believe war is waged by heroes and brave men, and it is so. But war is waged as much—and more—by those not brave at all. I am not Pallino, I am not sure I ever was. No Son of Fortitude, me. Only an old man too afraid and too tired to run.”
― Christopher Ruocchio, Ashes of Man

“Your friends loved you, as I do—as your Valka does. That is why they saved you. And that love, I told you, is a mighty thing!”
― Christopher Ruocchio, Kingdoms of Death