Redemptor (Raybearer, #2)

by Jordan Ifueko

You don’t get to choose why people love you. But what you do with the love you receive . . . that’s a choice you make every day.”

It isn’t enough to pay for past abuses. I have to find a future to live for too.”

Do not confuse guilt with conviction. Guilt is self-centered, and leads only to destructive obsession. But conviction brings balance—a sense of purpose beyond oneself.

“I want to live,” I said, replacing Ye Eun’s lily behind my ear, “because life is . . . is worth it. Because as long as we can imagine a better world, we should stick around to see it. Even if it doesn’t exist yet. Even if we have to build it from scratch, brick by muddy brick.”