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“The world was perverse, set up in such a way that bad decisions seemed obvious only in retrospect.”
“An exhausted mind was both willful and nocturnal, like a cat.”
“Their daily concerns were his; he felt them deeply.”
“Nothing is ever going to be perfect,” said Zillah. “Things are not meant to be perfect.”
“Bad decisions seemed obvious only in retrospect.”
“You are makin’ me brave,” said Sha”
“I will talk to him, my son. We will work it out.”
“No human being should go unaided when it was in her power to aid them.”
“If you push people, they snap. It’s just like dogs. Or horses.”
“His heart was empty, but light.”
“A tribe needed many stabilizers, as many as they could get”