“Because good people can turn desperate when the horrors are upon them—especially people whose culture of plenty has left them with no systems to cope with scarcity or cataclysm. Good people will turn monstrous when it’s down to their survival or someone else’s.”
― Blood Over Bright Haven
― Blood Over Bright Haven
“Sometimes, asking the questions is enough. Because it has to be enough. Because sometimes, that's all there is.”
― The Sunlit Man
― The Sunlit Man
“And then, Tress took the singular step that separated her from people in most stories. The act, it might be said, that defined her as a hero. She did something so incredible, I can barely express its majesty.
'I should consider this more,' Tress thought to herself, 'and not jump to conclusions.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
'I should consider this more,' Tress thought to herself, 'and not jump to conclusions.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“Lem might have been poor in the kind of currency that paid taxes. But he was downright wealthy when it came to the kind of currency that mattered.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“Why don’t you try taking responsibility for the things you can control instead of the things you can’t?”
― The Sword of Kaigen
― The Sword of Kaigen
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