He Who Fights with Monsters 6 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #6)

by Shirtaloon

“It’s still not about killing monsters,” he told his reflection in a wall mirror. “It’s about how good you look while killing monsters.”

Humans are poor at objectively assessing their circumstances. They can be irrational in ways that are destructive to themselves and the people around them. You know this.”

He needed to go back to basics. To use what he had instead of lamenting what he didn’t.

“It means that all that really matters is what we decide matters to us. We can let all the petty crap fall away.”

Farrah stared at him without saying anything. “What?” he asked. “I need more women friends,” she said grumpily, getting to her feet. “Men are willing to melodrama themselves to death.” Jason watched her leave. “Was that melodramatic?” Jason asked. “I thought it was fine,” Shade said.

People see things how they want to, even when the truth is both completely different and blindingly obvious.”

“Sometimes the things we love are the things we hurt the most. Earth isn’t my home anymore. Your homeworld has become my true home, just as mine has become yours.”

“People never much liked the truth, Anna, and are quick to eat up lies. Feeding them only half of the truth will do more harm than good.

Sacrificing your sense of self-worth because that’s what it takes to do the right thing doesn’t make you bad, Jason. It just makes you feel bad.”

“Happy? Are you genuinely going to sit there and claim to have been happy?” “Comfortable, then.” “Comfortable is an animal unaware it’s waiting to be slaughtered.”