Sign in with Facebook
“They are, both of them, bound by forces far behind their making: vicious paths that put them in this spot, across each other, never on the same side. Their visions of the future don’t include each other. There is no compromise or neutrality. Only her way. Or his.
It doesn’t matter that he loves her. It doesn’t matter. ±õ³Ù’s never mattered.”
― The Drowning Faith
It doesn’t matter that he loves her. It doesn’t matter. ±õ³Ù’s never mattered.”
― The Drowning Faith
“He knew exactly what choice she'd made and what she intended. And that made everything- hating her, loving her, surviving her, so much harder.”
― The Burning God
― The Burning God
“She's the only divine thing he's ever believed in. The only creature in this vast, cruel land who could kill him. And sometimes, in his loveliest dreams, he imagines she does.”
― The Burning God
― The Burning God
“Who is the true god?" ... She's the only divine thing he's ever believed in.”
― The Drowning Faith
― The Drowning Faith
“Who is the true god.â€�
“Chaos,� he says.
That’s the closest the Hesperians will ever come to understanding the Pantheon. They’ll never grasp the depths of it; the terrifying swirl of forces that constitute all that is. Their minds can’t handle its incoherence; the fact that the sixty-four gods do not will and do not care. They can’t fathom a world without intention. The only word they might accept is chaos.
But Nezha knows divinity. ±õ³Ù’s fathomless. It is not something that can be measured or studied; can’t be described through meticulously constructed logic. The forces that dreamed up this world are the opposite of rational. Divinity isn’t knowable. ±õ³Ù’s the Dragon in the grotto. ±õ³Ù’s the Dragon inside him. ±õ³Ù’s the three madmen who united a nation and tore themselves apart. ±õ³Ù’s pain, eternity, and terror. ±õ³Ù’s endless, all-consuming fire.
±õ³Ù’s her.”
― The Drowning Faith
“Chaos,� he says.
That’s the closest the Hesperians will ever come to understanding the Pantheon. They’ll never grasp the depths of it; the terrifying swirl of forces that constitute all that is. Their minds can’t handle its incoherence; the fact that the sixty-four gods do not will and do not care. They can’t fathom a world without intention. The only word they might accept is chaos.
But Nezha knows divinity. ±õ³Ù’s fathomless. It is not something that can be measured or studied; can’t be described through meticulously constructed logic. The forces that dreamed up this world are the opposite of rational. Divinity isn’t knowable. ±õ³Ù’s the Dragon in the grotto. ±õ³Ù’s the Dragon inside him. ±õ³Ù’s the three madmen who united a nation and tore themselves apart. ±õ³Ù’s pain, eternity, and terror. ±õ³Ù’s endless, all-consuming fire.
±õ³Ù’s her.”
― The Drowning Faith
Ruby’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Ruby’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Polls voted on by Ruby
Lists liked by Ruby
