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The Strength of the Few

Book by James Islington · 3 quotes · Friendship, Love, Duty

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“Grief, my mother once told me, is love’s most honest expression. The last and hardest aspect of truly, truly caring for someone. She said it at her own mother’s funeral rites, tears in her eyes even as she tried to comfort a boy too young to understand why he was so sad, why his grandmother couldn’t be there anymore. She explained through choking sobs that without grief, love would be meaningless. Because it is impossible to truly love something that cannot be lost.”

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“Eidhin trusts you, in a way I did not think he would ever be able to again. I protected my son with what I did - but I broke him too. And as much as I wish to lay the blame at the feet of the Republic, it was not their duty to keep him whole. It was mine. That trust is a delicate thing, now, no matter how it might seem to you. As fragile as glass. If you break it, you break him all over again. Maybe forever, this time. I know I already ask the impossible, but I ask for one more miracle. Help him without betraying him. Save my son without destroying his desire to be saved.”

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