Broken Veil (Harbinger, #5)

by Jeff Wheeler

“Nearly all men can withstand adversity,” he said with a sniff. “But if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. Perhaps that is why we need more women to rule over us.”

That good can still come when tragedy strikes. That tears can be later remembered for the good they ultimately do.

“That is what mortals misunderstand. They say of some temporal suffering, ‘No future bliss can make up for it,’ not knowing that Heaven, once attained, will work backwards and turn even that agony into a glory. . . . The Blessed will say, ‘We have never lived anywhere except in Heaven.’”