Unbound (Songs of Chaos, #2)

by Michael R. Miller

If someone else always picked her back up, she would learn only to fall.

seen enough of late to know not all chaos bringers deserve their fate, and not all who uphold order deserve its protection.”

“When you put it like that, it begs the question, what’s the point in trying to change things at all?” Rake leaned forward, his cheerful expression replaced by grave wisdom. “That, my young friend, is the only thing more dangerous. To give in. An easy thing to do. In fact, it’s the easiest thing of all. So, sure, give up all hope in the face of adversity. Yet know that if you surrender yourself to that dark void, you will lose your empathy and disconnect from anyone and anything you once cared about. If the world and those in it are so terrible, then why not allow the scourge to win? Why fight if nothing is worth fighting for?”

“It is life, young one. Our true strength lies not in staving off suffering but in how we deal with it when it comes.