The Lost Steersman (Steerswoman Series Book 3)

The world is as it is, Rowan, and there are three ways to exist gladly in it: You can be ignorant, knowing nothing of its nature; you can be stupid, and know of it but never truly understand; . . . or you can be brave.

it’s just my thoughts moving too fast for my words to catch up.

“He does it for the joy of the skill.”

A strong, entrenched emotion would sometimes resist change in the face of new information. Rowan’s training had warned her of this. When emotion and fact were at odds, follow fact. Eventually, with some effort, emotion would alter.

She was far more comfortable among unusual people. They were easier for her to love.

If that was the only way she could do it, then that made it her way of doing it, her own right way.