Sara J. (kefuwa)’s Reviews > Young Miles > Status Update

What God means you to do, Mile's theist mother claimed, could be deduced from the talents He gave you. The academic honors, Miles had amassed by sheer brute work. But the war games, outwitting his opponents, staying one step ahead --- the war games had been an unholy joy. War had been no game here once, not so long ago. It might be so again. What you did best, that was what God wanted from you.

Ordinary people need extraordinary examples. So they can say to themselves, well, if he can do that, I can surely do this."

Done with "Warrior's Apprentice" - woohoo! That was some wild ride!

"... a person I knew once said that meaning is what you bring to things, not what you take from them."

But reason seemed to run backwards, conclusions swallowed in premises, and premises in silence, until in the end only silence and the unanswerable object remained.

"You don't look scared... You just look pissed." "That's because I've got forward momentum. There's no virtue in it. It's just a balancing act. I don't dare stop."