Quigui

“It might derail and we'll all be killed. And if we do come to Aisnar? What's Aisnar? Mere hearsay.-—"That's morbid," Kasimir said, glimpsing again the walls collapsing.-—"No, exhilarating," his friend answered. "Takes a lot of work to hold the world together, when you look at it that way. But it's worthwhile. Building up cities, holding up the roofs by an act of fidelity. Not faith. Fidelity.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, Orsinian Tales

“SHE'S WATCHING read one message, painted in white upon the black cave walls. Another asked, HAVE YOU SEEN MY SON?
"How would we know if we had?" Iko asked. "They didn't leave a description."
"I think it's meant to be thought provoking," said Cinder.
lko frowned, looking unprovoked”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“It's all very nice for Christians, yes? 'Angels' in Rome, 'demons' here. How neat, how tidy for the Western world view, and how wrong.”
― Laini Taylor, Dreams of Gods & Monsters

“It’s about Thiago,” she said, and he felt the cool touch of finality. Of course it was the Wolf. When he’d seen them curved toward each other, laughing, he’d known, but a part of his mind had insisted on denying it—it was unthinkable—and then, when she’d looked across the cavern to him like that, to him, he’d hoped…
“He’s not who you think,” Karou said, and Akiva knew what was coming next.
He braced for it.
“I killed him,” she whispered.
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…
Wait.
“What?”
― Laini Taylor, Dreams of Gods & Monsters