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395 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 5, 2020
“That’s what stories are for, Brin realized. They are magic that aid people in times like this. They provide hope, a light to see by when all others are snuffed out.”
“Although the youthful benefited from drive, ambition, and an unwavering faith in their ideals, having those tools wasn’t enough. Experience was an essential missing ingredient. The young hadn’t seen enough to understand how the world worked. They took everything at face value because that was the entirety of their reality, and that limitation locked the door to alternative possibilities.”
“Because I hope that no one is beyond redemption, and anyone can correct the misdeeds of their past… I believe this to be true. I have to.”
“The worst thing people can do to one another is also the best—provide challenges. How we respond becomes our lives. How we live our lives becomes the best and the worst parts of our afterlives.— THE BOOK OF BRIN”
“I discovered that age isn’t measured in years, but rather by the roads we travel. Steep paths build muscles, know-how, and empathy, an easy one, only indifference.”
“Life is full of risk, Nolyn, but you should never let that hold you back. You can’t let fear stop you from living. Just make certain the chances you take are worth the risk.”
“The stories I write might be fantasy, but the depiction of the feelings people share for each other is real. The unlikely heroes, some who we never see or hear about, are as well. They are out among us right now, risking their lives and those of their loved ones. They are sacrificing all they have to help save the world. If you take anything away from this story beyond distracting entertainment, consider remembering this Book of Brin quote: I had always worshiped heroes in stories. I had no idea I was surrounded by them.”
"All too often, that which we are most certain of is that which we are most wrong about; and that which we are wrong about can change everything."
"Wars don't end by deaths but because someone stops killing."
""Faith is trust pushed to the limits of what is considered sane, but the question most people ignore is: How do you know where the boundary of sanity lies?"
"I had always worshipped heroes in stories. I had no idea I was surrounded by them."
This book is dedicated to everyone who has sacrificed their freedom, employment, businesses, and loved ones during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. I have few words to offer when faced with such monumental impacts, so I'll turn to one of my heroes.
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
- J.R.R. Tolkien
Stay home, offer thanks to those on the frontlines, and remember that this, too, shall pass.
“That’s what stories are for, Brin realized. They are magic that aid people in times like this. They provide hope, a light to see by when all others are snuffed out”.
“With the world as his mother, the sky his father, and immortality granted from Alurya’s gift, he might be the only true god. Unfortunately, he’s the god of evil.”
"All too often, that which we are most certain of is that which we are most wrong about; and that which we are wrong about can change everything."
"Problems were like crowds of people. If a few gathered, several more would surely come."
"Dying is easy. Anyone can do that . . . Living - going on after you've lost those you love, having to face each new day under the weight of their absence - is what's hard. You have to witness a sun that is never again as bright and hear music that is no longer cheerful. Eating food will never fully satisfy, and you wake up each morning to a shattered world that can never again be whole. Despite all this, you have to find a reason to breathe, to move."