Among the tales of sorrow and of ruin that came down to us from the darkness of those days there are yet some in which amid weeping there is joy and under the shadow of death light that endures. And of these histories most fair still in the ears of the Elves is the tale of Beren and Lúthien.
Read MoreIf more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
Read MoreAnd that, to me, embraces the very soul of the most important commandment you’ll find anywhere in your Principles of Successful Termination: ‘Do in others as you would have others do you in.’
Read MoreNever trust a writer who doesn’t have too many books to read. Or a reader, for that matter.
Read MoreLive long enough, you realize some folks can be handed a problem and some tools, and they’ll sort it out. And I never think twice about hiring that sort of fellow.
Read More“The clearest evidence that justice is the most important of all the virtues comes from what happens when you remove it. It’s remarkably stark: The presence of injustice instantly renders any act of virtue—courage, discipline, wisdom—any skill, any achievement, worthless…or worse.”
Read MoreThe unsaid thing about funerals is that directly after the communal mourning for someone you love, after everyone is gone and the connected grief dispersed, comes a solitude beyond imagining. A great, gaping nothing where a whole person and life and future used to be. The other side of a funeral is abyss.
Read MoreBecause broken hearts strip vocabularies down to their raw bones…
Read MoreWhen Kyra makes all the males disappear, she must choose her sister who hates her or the man who loves her.
Read MoreNo one keeps every book they read, which means the ones we do keep are important. A person’s library is like a fingerprint.
Read MoreI don’t think we know what we’re made of until the worst moment possible happens. Then we must decide who we truly are and what is most important to us. I think we’re often surprised by what we become.
Read MoreEndings were often found in beginnings, and she began to type what she knew.
Read MoreThe arrogance of men never ceases to amaze me. You all think everything has to do with you, and every woman has to desire you.
Read MoreThere is an old saying here in the Borderlands: ‘Better to have one woman on your side than ten men.’
Read MoreYou listen sharp, think deep, and guard your tongue. That’s good advice.
Read MoreUnpaid soldiers become angry. Angry, unpaid soldiers forget their loyalty.
Read MoreThose broken by worldly violence and loss did not deserve to be shunned when they struggled to rise once more.
Read MoreHe had made mistakes in the past, bad calls, but fighting against tyranny, against brutality, would never be the wrong choice.
Read MoreYou only need to look up to see the best proof of endless possibilities.
Read MoreThe world he thought he knew had become an odd thing, twisting time and purpose. But it had remained an unfair universe in the end.
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