Blood Over Bright Haven

by M.L. Wang

It’s not enough to have meant to do good; if you don’t do good, most gods—those of the rivers, the sky, and the fields—don’t care for your motivations. Why should they?” “They should care

It’s much easier to tell yourself you’re a good person than it is to actually be one.”

The question isn’t: How do I stop feeling this way? That’s stupid. I can’t. The question is: What can I do with this feeling?

I’ve been slow on the uptake, but I’m starting to understand how ridiculous it is to demand civility when the world is so disgustingly uncivil.

“Because good people can turn desperate when the horrors are upon them—especially people whose culture of plenty has left them with no systems to cope with scarcity or cataclysm. Good people will turn monstrous when it’s down to their survival or someone else’s.”