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But even the gods cannot see infinitely far ahead. Our free wills cloud Their vision, even though Their eyes are more piercing than ours. The gods do not plan, so much as take advantage.
The Hallowed Hunt (2005)
“Your pleasure, my lord?” he inquired nervously.
To be anywhere but here, doing anything but this.
The Hallowed Hunt (2005)
I do not know where I am going. But I am quite weary enough of where I’ve been.
The Hallowed Hunt (2005)
Four thousand, so many! It matters less where I begin, as that I begin.
The Hallowed Hunt (2005)
“And what guidance did you receive for all your prayers, lady?”
She bit her lip. “None.”
The Hallowed Hunt (2005)
Oswin was the most perfect servant of the Father, always so concerned for figuring out the exact rules and getting himself on the right side of them. Or them on the left side of him.
The Hallowed Hunt (2005)
"It is not, you know, that you lie well, cousin. It’s merely that no one is foolhardy enough to call you on it. This may have given you an inflated idea of your skill at dissimulation."
The Hallowed Hunt (2005)
"But have you ever overheard two women discussing men? Men are crude liars, comparing their drabs, but women—I'd rather have a Mother's anatomist dissect me alive than to listen to the things the ladies say about us when they think they are alone."
The Hallowed Hunt (2005)
Boleso’s men, Ingrey was reminded, were out of the habit of questioning the sense of their superiors’ orders. Or perhaps it was that any who dared were got rid of, one way or another, and these were the remainder. Residue. Scum.
The Hallowed Hunt (2005)
It was lately suggested to me, by a man with longer experience of the gods than I can rightly imagine, that the reason the gods do not show our paths more plainly is that They do not know either. I haven’t decided if I find this reassuring or the reverse. It does hint they do not torment us solely for Their amusement, at least.
The Hallowed Hunt (2005)