Great and Precious Things

by Rebecca Yarros

I’m going to savor every single step I get to take with you. I’m going to date the hell out of you, Willow Bradley.”

“The ability to control what happens to our flesh and to choose our future is the core of our personhood. Free will is the most precious of our possessions, and to lose it is a tragedy to which there is no equal. But the compassion we show to those who lack that control—both the very young who have yet to claim it and the very old who face its loss—that is the essence of our humanity.