The best neighbor you can have is a tree, a living tree. They listen more than they talk, provide shade on hot days, give you food and shelter, and don’t ask for anything in return.
Spring had let go of Winter's hand and was reaching out to Summer
Wouldn't matter, Suri said. Regardless where you're born, the world has a way of finding you and ruining everything.
She regretted volunteering, as getting off the ship required wading in chest-deep water. It was very cold and took her breath away. Her robe billowed around her as she struggled to find traction in th...
She was too proud to eat her share of what little food we had. She told me she had. She swore she did. But every time I complained about being so hungry it hurt, she always offered me a nut or a parti...
That’s why you shouldn’t make vows. The moment you do, fate starts conspiring to shove them down your throat.
The day had warmed, but the rain continued, which Gwen saw as a benefit. Just like with Ethan, the downpour would keep people indoors. Until she was able to get the place sealed up, she felt they were...
The more you know about the past, the easier it is to divine the future.
This isn’t over, Merrick replied. DeLancy is dead. You have no idea what that means. The scales are balanced. The demon is unleashed.
They smiled too much, were quick to compliment and support, but behind the stretched lips and soft words was a judgment. No one was ever good enough—at least not until they were dead. The dead were ex...
They left us for dead, didn’t they? We told them this would happen. We came all this way to try and save them. You’d think they’d have the decency to let us out when they saw we were right.Probably th...
It amounts to the same thing. The abbot once told me that lying was a betrayal to one’s self. It’s evidence of self-loathing. When you are so ashamed of your actions, thoughts, or intentions, you lie...
One of the children lived.
Power doesn't equal worth. Wisdom is a far greater virtue.
Their business was profitable but ugly. Just another game he played in a world where heroes were legends and honor was a myth.
He gave him a second, then in a bright tone said, How is it we never had king and emperor on our list of potential careers? When you think about it, it beats the heck out of winemakers, actors, and fi...
If you can’t trust an ancient talking tree, what was the point of having one?
Unlike all other living things, people were never content to just live in a place, to be part of it; they always wanted to change things, to make places conform. Maybe that was why the gods and spirit...
It was like waiting for the sunrise and a chicken to hatch— if the sun marked the end of the world and the chicken was an all-devouring demon. —THE BOOK OF BRIN
This isn’t the future I’d expected. Even a glowing wasteland or Mad Max desolation would have been better. No God. No family. No country or patriotism. Just a bunch of Ken dolls without Barbies. The g...
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