He Who Fights With Monsters 8 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #8)

by Shirtaloon

would probably feel like your soul was being plucked out and dropped into lava. It might not drive you insane and cripple your soul as your mind collapsed. Jason would probably be fine.”

“Anger tells you lies. That there are simple, clean solutions. It smothers your judgement and makes you weak.”

don’t let it leak into other things you do. The need to feel like you have power over something can lead to making bad choices. Killing when you should let someone live. Making threats instead of peace; hurting yourself by being domineering when being friendly would have gotten you everything you want without complication.”

suck it up and stay focused, which is the real trick.

wretched hive of scum and villainy?”

Snuck in a classic Star Wars quote 🤓

“What the fuck?” Trenchant Moore dropped his clipboard, startled at the diamond-ranker’s exclamation.

She was confident that if the sabotage was successfully enacted, he would be the one behind it. Probably complaining the whole time about safety features that he himself introduced.

“You’ve been dealing with those more powerful than you more than usual of late,” the archbishop noted. “But also those far less. Perhaps returning to this world has broadened your horizons in both directions.” “I don’t strictly hold that gods are more powerful than me,” Soramir clarified. “They simply operate on a different paradigm.”

“That’s what happens when you obsess over the job. You have to learn to let go of the things you can’t do anything about, and sometimes even the ones you can. Otherwise, it’ll hollow you out until you can’t help anyone. Even yourself.”

And as for why I did not accept the bond—”

Is it a one time offer or can Shade accept the deeper bond whenever he wants? Is he just delaying it until Jason is a higher rank? Will his decision ever be explained to us readers?

It’s not that you do things others can’t, but things they won’t.

it’s easier to forgive someone who has wronged you than someone who has wronged the people you cherish.