Mereda Hart Farynyk’s Reviews > We Were Gods > Status Update

"She was alone, entirely alone; and she wasn’t sure that she liked it.

The wind blew through the trees around her, and she shivered.

There was a time when such a wind would have reminded her that she was not alone after all, but now she wasn’t sure that she believed that."

"There are always many ways to look at things. We can look at things and see the loveliness and the wonder of them, or we can forever be picking at those details that do not please us. We can embrace the beauty in our lives or we can always be waiting for our lives to change. My life has been full of excitement, but that certainly hasn’t made it happy.”

She couldn’t keep herself from casting a glance in his direction. “You didn’t tell me you were so admired by the women here,” she said dully.

His lips pressed into a smile. “When would I have told you that? Just, in passing? ‘By the way, women find me irresistible.’”

She wasn’t looking at him, but he was looking at her, and his voice came to her like the gentle whisper of the wind. “Tell me.”

"Lythalee nodded. She was glad. She was. She was glad that she had done well. And she was glad that it seemed to have earned her favor in this strange new reality. But the gladness was of a sad, twisted sort. It was the relief of a punishment spared not the pleasure of a gift acquired."

"In a world filled with many questions and few answers, it was difficult to know what to believe."

Crazy busy last few days, so I haven't gotten to read much, but I'm so excited to be reading this one!!