I always find more answers in a forest than in my own hot attic of a mind.

There is an old saying here in the Borderlands: ‘Better to have one woman on your side than ten men.’

Something about today feels so full of hope.

You listen sharp, think deep, and guard your tongue. That’s good advice.

Unpaid soldiers become angry. Angry, unpaid soldiers forget their loyalty.

Those broken by worldly violence and loss did not deserve to be shunned when they struggled to rise once more.

He had made mistakes in the past, bad calls, but fighting against tyranny, against brutality, would never be the wrong choice.

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You only need to look up to see the best proof of endless possibilities.

If you don’t prioritize your life, someone else will.

Perhaps the most accurate term for happiness, then, is the one Aristotle used: eudaimonia, which translates not directly to “happiness” but to “human flourishing.”

They subtly reflected shifts in other people’s moods and attitudes.

Have been unavoidably detained by the world. Expect us when you see us.

Two sisters - one flighty, one responsible - find themselves tangled in a mysterious cult-like community when the flighty one disappears.

When reenacting Iron Age living gets a bit too realistic…

Women can be heroes, too.

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The world he thought he knew had become an odd thing, twisting time and purpose. But it had remained an unfair universe in the end.

NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING, SO DO WHAT YOU WANT.

… many folk obey ancient laws of hospitality and cannot simply come charging into one’s home to murder guests.”