There are those who are awkward in the face of sorrow, fearing to say the wrong thing; to them, I say, there is no wrong in comfort, ever. A kind word, a consoling arm ... these things are ever welcome.

And Kushiel sends no punishment that we are not fit to bear.

Clearly, Im drawn to characters with inner conflicts.

All knowledge is worth having

There is as much deception in noise as there is in silence

If I had to fall from Cassiel's grace, at least I know it took a courtesan worthy of Kings to do it.

Pain obliterates everything else. In pain, there is only the eternal present.