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“because it was him and him alone she didn't want to disappoint.”

Love Romance Relationships Trust Self Improvement Loyalty Devotion Vulnerability Emotional Connection

Book:The Laws of the Skies

Source: The Laws of the Skies

“But now that day had broken, nothing had changed, no one had rescued them, and the possibility that that was how it would be the whole day, whole night, and all the other days, and all the other nights, had started to eat away at him right there, in his chest, at that blue place where tears are born and hope dies.”

War Loneliness Sad Despair Victim Misery Endurance Introspection Stagnation Daybreak

Book:The Laws of the Skies

Source: The Laws of the Skies

“Was there nothing left in this world that was worth opening your eyes and fighting for? Would the bad guys always win? Are our efforts to live in peace simply doomed to failure? Will the bad guys always be bad guys? Will the good guys spend their whole lives taking punches and throwing rocks into the water with all of their might and getting nothing more in return than a ridiculous sploosh and the shame of failure?”

Justice Morality Despair Perseverance Resilience Existentialism Idealism Hopelessness Futility Disillusionment

Book:The Laws of the Skies

Source: The Laws of the Skies

“There is no time in what you are going through. Your suffering is a place, and you don't know whether you can ever leave this place. You don't even have enough hope to wish that it be over faster. Faster doesn't exist, any more than time itself. You are not alive enough to measure it. You live in a present of incessant pain.”

Suffering Despair Perseverance Isolation Endurance Introspection Anguish Hopelessness Timelessness Existential Crisis

Book:The Laws of the Skies

Source: The Laws of the Skies

“Even he who deserves to die, who deserves to be killed, doesn't deserve to be killed like that.”

Humanity Justice Morality Empathy Mercy Punishment Redemption Righteousness Fairness Condemnation

Book:The Laws of the Skies

Source: The Laws of the Skies

“But she was in love, head over heels in love the way you are at age six, without knowing that this love would be as fleeting as it was powerful, and as powerful as it was secret, and misunderstood, an attachment, an obsession that Oceane had never called, nor would ever call `love'.”

Love Romance Powerful Secret Relationship Obsession Attachment Fleeting Misunderstood Head Over Heels

Book:The Laws of the Skies

Source: The Laws of the Skies

“We are all children, they thought, and none of us is equipped to deal with such an adversary. We go through life under other people's protection. We listen to instructions and try to follow them. We don't know what's true and what's not. What's fair and unfair. Our world is small. Our world is narrow. We do as we are told.”

Childhood Authority Innocence Obedience Uncertainty Guidance Vulnerability Manipulation Conformity Dependence

Book:The Laws of the Skies

Source: The Laws of the Skies

“Was there nothing left in this world that was worth opening your eyes and fighting for?”

Purpose Motivation Hope Despair Determination Resilience Self Discovery Redemption Worthiness Existential Questioning

Book:The Laws of the Skies

Source: The Laws of the Skies