Syenite wonders if there is any point in hating a crazy man. It’s not like he’ll notice, anyway. - N. K. Jemisin

It is blasphemy to separate oneself from the earth and look down on it like a god. It is more than blasphemy, it is dangerous. We can never be gods, after all—but we can become something less than human with frightening ease.

It takes great strength to compromise, Shahar. More than it does to threaten and destroy, since you must fight your own pride as well as the enemy.

Well, isn't that what fathers do? He had no idea what fathers did. Love you, even if you don't love them? Miss you when you go away?