Nathan

“Time heals everything. But the time isn't over yet."
"How long did it take you to heal?"
"I'll let you know, once the healing is done.”
― S.D. Simper, Heart of Silver Flame

“Rosemary started to nod, then shook her head. "Thats not the same. What happened to you, to your species, it's ... it doesn't even compare."
"Why? Because it's worse?"
She nodded.
"But it still compares. If you have a fractured bone, and I've broken every bone in my body, does that make your fracture go away? Does it hurt you any less, knowing that I am in more pain?”
― Becky Chambers, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

“I'm used to watching for people with swords," I told him. "I never saw the knife. You were too close.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Rises

“It will happen to all of us, that at some point you get tapped on the shoulder and told, not just that the party’s over, but slightly worse: the party’s going on — but you have to leave. And it’s going on without you. That’s the reflection that I think most upsets people about their demise. All right, then, because it might make us feel better, let’s pretend the opposite. Instead, you’ll get tapped on the shoulder and told, Great news: this party’s going on forever — and you can’t leave. You’ve got to stay; the boss says so. And he also insists that you have a good time.”
― Christopher Hitchens