A Song to Drown Rivers

by Ann Liang

In a world where everyone will demand something from you, it requires a certain degree of selfishness to be happy, you know.”

“The heart is a fickle thing; it takes and takes. It is easily swayed, and tempted, and made weak. Too many have fallen victims to their own irrational desires. But the mind—the mind is dependable, accurate, deadly. It destroys the enemy, not the self, and ensures that we do what we need to, not what we want.”