What is belief - what is faith - if you don't continue it after failure?

I will protect those who cannot protect themselves.

Spook: No, I'm not troubled. In fact, I actually think everything is going to be all right. Finally.

Can you feel it? Something just changed. I believe that’s the sound the world makes when it pisses itself.

There was rarely an obvious branching point in a person's life. People changed slowly, over time. You didn't take on step, then find yourself in a completely new location. You first took a little step off a path to avoid some rocks. For a while, you walked alongside the path, but then you wandered out a little way to step on softer soil. Then you stopped paying attention as you drifted farther and farther away. Finally, you found yourself in the wrong city, wondering why the signs on the roadway hadn't led you better.

This is going to take a while. I'm a fantasy author. We have trouble with the concept of brevity.

Men rarely see their own actions as unjustified.