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why do I feel like Banoke’s land is gone

“But what the hell do you stand for?” she demanded. “What do you pray to?”
“Ourselves,” I said. “What else is there?”

“Worship is no good without action. With action, it’s only useful if it steadies you, focuses your efforts, eases your mind.”

“Embrace diversity.
Unite—
Or be divided,
robbed,
ruled,
killed
By those who see you as prey.
Embrace diversity
Or be destroyed.”

“This business sounds half antebellum revival and half science fiction. I don’t trust it. Freedom is dangerous, Cory, but it’s precious, too. You can’t just throw it away or let it sleep away. You can’t sell it for bread and pottage.”

this is much easier to read than I expected!