Invader Xan

“One does not cease to treasure a gem simply because one owns another that is larger.”
― Marie Brennan, The Tropic of Serpents

“There is no faster way to harden my determination than to assume I will fail at something.”
― Marie Brennan, The Tropic of Serpents

“So it has been, again and again throughout my life, as I form connections with people and then lose them to distance and time. I mourn those losses, even when I know my erstwhile friends are safe and happy among their own kin.”
― Marie Brennan, The Tropic of Serpents

“They say there are no atheists in war; I tell you that pantheists abound at the edge of a cliff. I would have taken the blessing of any god I could get.”
― Marie Brennan, The Tropic of Serpents