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They say a kingdom divided against itself cannot stand. They made no mention of the heart.
He always thinks because I’m reading, I’m not doing anything. There is no greater plague to an introvert than the extroverted.
‘Home isn’t where you’re from, it’s where you find light when all grows dark.’
“Slag it. I’m getting one. Back feels bloody broken.” His crooked teeth bare themselves as he laughs. “Feels good. That’s how I know it’s right, Reap. Despite all this shit. It feels good in here.” He taps his thin chest. “It feels … how do you say … bloodydamn good.”
“You meet a man, you know him. You meet a woman, she knows you.”
I would not have raised you to be a great man. There is no peace for great men. I would have had you be a decent one. I would have given you the quiet strength to grow old with the woman you love.
Slaves do not have the bravery of free men. That is why Golds lie to lowReds and make them think they are brave. That is why they lie to Obsidians and make them think it is an honor to serve gods. Easier than the truth. Yet it takes only one truth to bring a kingdom of lies crashing down.
Momentum is everything to a Helldiver, to military endeavors, to life. Keep moving and dare someone to get in your path.
And what is the bloodydamn point of surviving in this cold world if I run from the only warmth it has to offer?
“Friendships take minutes to make, moments to break, years to repair,”
The brightest minds enslaved to an economy that demanded toys instead of space exploration or technologies that could revolutionize our race.
