“Because it is my destiny, Zabdas! Because I've always known the gods made me for something more -- more than just a wife, just a mother, just a woman. They made me for power!”
Source: Daughter of Sand and Stone
“When a relationship of love is disrupted, the relationship does not cease. The love continues; therefore, the relationship continues. The work of grief is to reconcile and redeem life to a different love relationship.”
“Amid the haze, his first thought was, '…Can’t believe it. Why the fuck didn’t I do this with Lan Zhan back when I was fifteen? I’ve really pissed away all my days, haven’t I?”
Source: 魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī]
“If every time we choose a turd, society, at a great expense, simply allows us to redeem it for a pepperoni, then not only will we never learn to make smart choices, we will also surrender the freedom to choose, because a choice without consequences is no choice at all.”
Source: Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
“I cannot change the past, but today and every day to come, I will strive to be the best human I can be. I ask for your forgiveness in that light.”
Source: The Lifer and the Lawyer: A Story of Punishment, Penitence, and Privilege
“Between the radiant white of a clear conscience and the coal black of a conscience sullied by sin lie many shades of gray--where most of us live our lives. Not perfect but not beyond redemption.”
Source: A Matter of Conscience: Redemption of a Hometown Hero, Bobby Hoppe
“Most rich people have a gangster in their ancestry somewhere.”
Source: Winter of the World
“The door knocker's a knocking fist, or it's meant to be, but it makes him think of a punch in the gob.”
Source: A Particular Man
“He slid the ring onto my wedding finger. It fitted perfectly. A good omen? I tipped my hand this way and that, admiring the extravagant sparkle, and kept my truth buttoned all buttoned up.”
Source: A Particular Man
“He believed in redemption, the inchoate grace in every person he met. It was one of the few things he had to believe in, the possibility of beauty when faced with the reality of so much ugliness.”
Source: The Bane Chronicles