A Sellsword's Wrath (The Seven Virtues #2)

by Jacob Peppers

The greatest truths were not learned, they were felt. They were not understood—they were lived.

little is unhappy, but a man that expects nothing and gets a little is thankful for what he’s given.

sadness,” The Virtue said, “there is no joy. Without pain and suffering, there can be no relief, no true pleasure. It is not their end that defines humans, Kevlane. It never has been. It is their journey. Beauty is found among the dross, is created among the dross. And not just beauty but power. When a starving mother gives up what little food she has to nurture and feed her child, that is beauty, Kevlane. True beauty, is not found in appearance but in purpose. There is beauty in sadness, as there must be. Beauty in pain and, yes, even in death, for death is not the story, nor is it even the ending of the story. Death is only the proof that the story was.