Drummer had read somewhere that newsfeeds were where secular societies went to find out what cultural narratives were important and what could be ign… - James S. A. Corey

Theological anthropology is a lot simpler when humans are the only ones with souls.

Your Dad's going to be different. But if anything about him is what it used to be? That part'll be how he felt about you.
That's sweet," Teresa said. "And complete bullshit.
You don't know. Until you have a kid, you won't. I will plant my flag on that one. The love of a parent for their kid is the last thing to go.

Her heart was pounding. Her muscles ached. She’d just killed two of the enemy. There would always be a little something—that tug on her humanity that came from doing violence. There was a satisfaction too. It didn’t mean she was a good woman or a bad one. It meant she was a Marine.