The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth Book 1)

Survival doesn’t mean rightness. I could kill you right now, but that wouldn’t make me a better person for doing so.”

You think of a line from stonelore, Structures, verse three. The body fades. A leader who lasts relies on more.

“It’s a gift if it makes us better. It’s a curse if we let it destroy

When the reasoning mind is forced to confront the impossible again and again, it has no choice but to adapt.

“Home is people,” she says to Asael, softly. Asael blinks. “Home is what you take with you, not what you leave behind.”